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When I Was 14, I Thought I Looked Terrible. I Wore These Typical Slavic Shoes With Metal Bottoms So You Could Always Hear Me Coming And This Really Ugly Princess Skirt And Blouse With The Top Button Closed. I Had A Boy Haircut, A Baby Face Covered With Pimples, And A Really Big Nose.

My New Work Deals With Emptying My Body: 'boat Emptying, Stream Entering.' This Means That You Have To Empty The Body/boat To The Point Where You Can Really Be Connected With The Fields Of Energy Around You. I Think That Men And Women In Our Western Culture Are Completely Disconnected From That Energy, And In My New Work I Want To Make This Connection Possible.

I Hate Repetition. Even When I Am Home And Have To Buy Milk, I Go A Different Way Each Time To Avoid Having A Habit Of Anything. Habits Are Really Bad. So To Me It Is Really Important To Live In What I Call The Spaces In-between. Bus Stations, Trains, Taxis Or Waiting Rooms In Airports Are The Best Places Because You Are Open To Destiny, You Are Open To Everything And Anything Can Happen.

Do You Know What's Most Interesting? Working With The Very Strong Restrictions Of The Institution. In The Renaissance, The Aristocrats Would Order Paintings From The Artist. They Would Order The Crucifixion Of Jesus. The Restrictions Were Amazing. Jesus Had To Be In The Middle, Three Apostles On The Left, Four Apostles On The Right - And Still You Had Masterpieces. It's Really Interesting To Work Within Restriction, And See What You Can Do With Restriction.

You Go To India And You See The Poorest Village Somewhere In The Middle Of India. And The Poor Family Is Happier Than Any Rich Billionaire In This Country Because Of Spirituality.