by Kim Whalen | Jan 14, 2019 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
special thank you to Misma Anaru on 35mm film wearing three of my neck pieces created during Handhskake4. Kim Whalen. Wha neck-piece, harakeke and proteaceae, 2018. Kim Whalen. Kaimohu neck-piece, harakeke and proteaceae, 2018. Kim Whalen. Takahurihuri...
by Kim Whalen | Jan 13, 2019 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
Reflecting upon the last two years, and the Handshake4 project. An invaluable unforgettable experience. Going into this I really had no idea what I was getting into except that it was a huge full-time commitment on my end. And boy was it just that. Would I recommend...
by Kim Whalen | Oct 15, 2018 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
by Kim Whalen | Sep 22, 2018 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
by Kim Whalen | Jul 27, 2018 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
by Kim Whalen | Jul 13, 2018 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
So while everything putrefies, wars waging, beauties forms are eternal. I seek to honour the ephemeral by exalting it’s neglected, life giving roots, as well as its ephemeral shells. I carry this vessel, inside here watching, eyes that commit, tenacious bleeding heart...
by Kim Whalen | Jun 10, 2018 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
What blooms, dies. Mortality, subject to the processes of nature, is beyond our control. And yet we celebrate life. We exalt a flowers essence – its freshness and singularity- on a literal pedestal, by making its fleetingness exquisitely visible. All too often,...
by Kim Whalen | Feb 28, 2018 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
The lessons of preservation, something that I have been forced to focus on these last 6 months, even the last year. One year seems like such an arbitrary number now. One year. One year older. One year living alone in the middle of the bush land of the New Zealand...
by Kim Whalen | Feb 26, 2018 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
The forest said Numb hospitality. I don’t want to talk about it. Still listening to everyone else’s problems. I love you like I don’t love myself. I sing for you tomorrow. Sick of being afraid. Tear my page. You wild peaceful being Nothing or no one will ever compare....
by Kim Whalen | Nov 4, 2017 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
Silently a flowers blooms, In silence it falls away; Yet here now, at this moment, at this place, The whole of the flower, the whole of the world is blooming. This is the talk of the flower, the truth Of the blossom; The...
by Kim Whalen | Oct 5, 2017 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
I cant even beginning to express how important meditation is to my practice. And especially my life. There are so many ways to meditate. Sitting and closing your eyes is only one. One of my favourite ways to meditate is through movement. Almost all my life I have been...
by Kim Whalen | Sep 3, 2017 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
I am a multifaceted human being and artist. I am not going to restrict myself to one medium. My identity and individuality are important to me. I will be all encompassed. Without forgiveness given. Try not to misunderstand me. I have the best intentions. ...
