May 2009 Blog Posts (2)

CC Interview with Ruud Matthes - Finding the essence of art in the transfer of emotions.

Tell us about yourself.

I was born in 1948 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. As a child I already wanted to become an artist, but I lost this confidence when I was getting older. Being an artist seemed a very insecure position so I tried something close to it: going into advertising. This didn’t work because I have no commercial talent. Then in 1972 I decided to study Social Pedagogy with the idea to specialize for becoming a… Continue

Added by John Rouse on May 8, 2009 at 9:30pm — 5 Comments

A Man Who Works The Land

Don Maya asks me one simple question as I stand on the other side of a volcanic stone wall that separates us and our two worlds, “ What is it you want to know from me?” He is a direct, no-nonsense type of man, very real. I had come to Mexico to learn from those who lived life here, those who were connected to the land and were a part of the “handed-down knowledge” I had read about. Up until now, all my learning and education came from books. I read about the culture and the people of Mexico. It… Continue

Added by Michael Heralda on May 6, 2009 at 11:00am — 2 Comments