Letter from Jennifer Lacey

Dear reader, This last week in Bucharest was quite instructive for me in many ways. The meetings of our jardin party with the “community” of Bucharest spawned some of the more interesting talks I have had about work (art) in a while. In the midst of this I had a secret project. I was constantly trying to tune my language to the amazing speaking skills of Bojana C. in order to be able to talk with her. This was very fun, a big challenge and totally woke me up. What became apparent was that I tend to indulge myself with Ambiguous Language. For entirely honorable reasons, I often search for a way of saying without statement. I talk around what I am trying to discuss until the region becomes visible through it’s shifting borders. This functions quite well for certain situations and I will most likely not give it up. However, when faced with the sureness of Bojana’s language, I thought “perhaps there is a different generosity in this way of speaking”. There is a risk in taking a definate position. You might be very, very wrong. And then someone will tell you so. And then you may have to […]