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My thoughts and ramblings on art, life, and everything in-between...


Elise Bikker
Jan 9
The muse as shadow: A Jungian perspective on the creative spark
“Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.” Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869) [1] ...
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Elise Bikker
Oct 6, 2024
A treatise on saying goodbye: Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, and the materiality of love
Our emotions feel uniquely ours. But they're not. Situations and circumstances are unique, emotions are not. For an artist – and it...
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Elise Bikker
May 28, 2024
“Oculus”, or the deceptive safety of life inside a bubble
This drawing is an illustration to a story I’m writing, in which the domed nymphaeum forms part of a fictional building that makes up...
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Elise Bikker
May 27, 2024
A year's journey towards pastel drawing...
After moving house to the Yorkshire countryside, a little over a year ago, I found myself temporarily without a studio, which is why the...
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