Quote from an interview with Edo Dijksterhuis in Het Parool.
"I try to steer clear of vague terms like ‘mindfulness,’ but at its core, my work is about a conscious experience of time. Time itself is an abstract, almost elusive concept. Yet in certain moments—like the loss of a loved one, or while traveling, detached from daily life—we seem to step outside of ordinary time. These moments feel sharper, more real.
In them, there's a sense of being connected—across time—with both what came before and what lies ahead. All the phases of a life seem to fold into one another, layered like sediment, compressed into a single presence. I sense that compression in a stone or a tree, but just as much in a human face—where I might catch a glimpse of someone’s grandfather, or the faint echo of a grandchild yet to be born."
"I try to steer clear of vague terms like ‘mindfulness,’ but at its core, my work is about a conscious experience of time. Time itself is an abstract, almost elusive concept. Yet in certain moments—like the loss of a loved one, or while traveling, detached from daily life—we seem to step outside of ordinary time. These moments feel sharper, more real.
In them, there's a sense of being connected—across time—with both what came before and what lies ahead. All the phases of a life seem to fold into one another, layered like sediment, compressed into a single presence. I sense that compression in a stone or a tree, but just as much in a human face—where I might catch a glimpse of someone’s grandfather, or the faint echo of a grandchild yet to be born."
