Art takes place in the shared space between sender and receiver. A space like that can only exist when people are open to each others worlds. Sometime you discover intersecting spaces, other times there is conflict. During the artistic process I needed to appreciate that conflict. ‘Some things simply need conflict’, a dear collaborator told me at a difficult moment during our collaboration. As an artist - who is convinced of her/his own free thinking - you are confronted with the limits of your art. In other circumstances you will circumvent those limits, throw the whole thing around, but that’s not possible now. You have to embrace the problem and overcome it. In the social sector people do this the whole time. It’s pretty self explanatory that there’s so much artistic talent in that field. As an artist you can learn so much from people who constantly have to come up with creative solutions for everyday problems. I’m grateful for that.

The feeling of fear of the unkown I had when I started with this project was nothing compared to the feeling of happiness and satisfaction I had at the end of the project.

The project was a kind of a revelation for me, I have never had such reactions to my music. At the same time my earlier perception of people living in old folks homes was totally shattered. I did not expect people to be so talkative, active and have such a positive attitude towards life. The more visits we did, the more I realised that we managed to insert the fundamental basic right for culture into the hermetical surrounding of an old folks home, inhabited by so many music and art lovers.