Art Project
'Rewilding myself'
Once, nature was wild — until we tamed it and straightened it out. By now, it is clear to everyone that this was not a sustainable approach. Rivers are being returned to their original courses, lifeless grass deserts are being filled with floral diversity, and more and more forest areas are simply being allowed to stand. We are letting nature find its way back to a more sustainable and original point of departure.
This inspires me, and I have become absorbed by the question of how it might be possible to “rewild” my own inner landscape.
Background
Lost in Midlife
I find myself in midlife. Newly divorced and, in many ways, at the very bottom of everything. How did I end up here? Where did I lose my sense of myself? What do I do from here?
Is it possible to rebuild myself in a new, sustainable way? To continue from something more original — something that has always been there, but which I have spent many years trying to tame and “straighten out”?
I got lost somewhere between my ego’s longing for recognition and the expectations culture places on someone like me. I believed in the story of family as a sacred unit, and in the process, I lost my way in life.
All the while, there was a small voice that followed me. It whispered of a different landscape than the outer, obvious one. An inner, creative landscape, where the rules are different and where the language is not made of words.
Once, nature was wild — until we tamed it and straightened it out. By now, it is clear to everyone that this was not sustainable. Rivers are being returned to their original courses, lifeless grass deserts are being filled with floral diversity, and more and more forest areas are simply being allowed to stand. We are letting nature find its way back to a more sustainable and original starting point.
This inspires me, and I have become absorbed by the question of how it might be possible to “rewild” my own inner landscape?
Turning Point
The day I started listening
One day, I stopped. I turned toward myself and began to listen. I took steps in a different direction, letting my body and my hands work — effortlessly. I created things that felt familiar and yet entirely new. I turned my own statements from “I must be wrong!” to “What if I am exactly right?” From “It’s not worth it!” to “What if it’s the only thing that truly matters?”
I make space for new and more open perspectives: What if the only things we truly have are the ones we arrive with in our earthly life? And what happens if I let go of the idea of art as a story of doom?
Maybe in 2026?
An Exhibition
I am working on creating an exhibition featuring still lifes and installations made from materials found in nature — materials that we would normally consider dead or useless. I stage different elements to form wholes and raise the questions: What is art? What has value, and what is value? What is culture, and what is nature?
The exhibition will be shown in Denmark later this year. The date has not yet been set.
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I write about the project and other things that occupy me on Substack. Feel free to follow along. Some of it is in Danish.