I now know the ambiguous feeling of the German word, fernweh; a word with no equivalent in the English language. When broken down, fernweh literally translates to, “farsickness,” and is often unsatisfyingly paraphrased as, “an ache for distant places.” The root cause of fernweh is also fueled by a desire to be somewhere you belong—the somewhere that allows you to be the truest expression of yourself. Fernweh is also about finding home inside of us, anywhere in the world—on a mountain peak or winding road in the middle of the earth, recognizing nothing, but being part of everything. Fernweh is a feeling for dreamers—where we imagine endless possibilities and realize how limitless the conditions of our existence really are. And the world can always use a few more dreamers.
*Won 3rd place in Art of Jazz Juried Exhibition and won "Honorable Mention" Lehigh Art Alliance 89th Annual Fall Juried Exhibition.
Acrylic, India ink, graphite, charcoal, and collage on canvas
16 inches x 20 inches
Framed in oak wood float frame
Shipping calculated at checkout.
I now know the ambiguous feeling of the German word, fernweh; a word with no equivalent in the English language. When broken down, fernweh literally translates to, “farsickness,” and is often unsatisfyingly paraphrased as, “an ache for distant places.” The root cause of fernweh is also fueled by a desire to be somewhere you belong—the somewhere that allows you to be the truest expression of yourself. Fernweh is also about finding home inside of us, anywhere in the world—on a mountain peak or winding road in the middle of the earth, recognizing nothing, but being part of everything. Fernweh is a feeling for dreamers—where we imagine endless possibilities and realize how limitless the conditions of our existence really are. And the world can always use a few more dreamers.
*Won 3rd place in Art of Jazz Juried Exhibition and won "Honorable Mention" Lehigh Art Alliance 89th Annual Fall Juried Exhibition.
Acrylic, India ink, graphite, charcoal, and collage on canvas
16 inches x 20 inches
Framed in oak wood float frame
Shipping calculated at checkout.
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