Longing, dreaming, striving…

There is nothing more universal than desire, and nothing more universal than the expression in the statuettes of Ann Michielsen.

Longing for something that is your ultimate desire. You can't or don't want to accept your limitations and you wish to transcend them. Dreaming of a future in which you are at last who you want to be, and not giving up until you have attained it. Ann’s creations are looking beyond the horizon, where they see things that we do not perceive. Or do we? Do they see our desires? Do they see what drives us and what we dream of? Are their desires also ours?

Do the test and go and stand behind them. Look with their eyes beyond the horizon. Perhaps you will see that the future which they dream of is also the future of your dreams. Maybe you will find that their limitations are also your limitations and that their aspirations will overcome these limitations slowly but surely. Without any compromise. Perhaps you will see through their eyes how you can achieve your goal.

Prepare yourself like them. Start with putting on the clothes you will soon need, and go for it. On land, at sea and in the air. Or wherever your dream takes you.