Performance Art has for some time fascinated me. Jackson Pollock’s Action Painting being the greatest of my likes. Taking risks, producing the piece in front of the very eyes that follow your moves and also combining art with physicality and gesture please me enormously. For our last July wedding I decided to give my husband a gift that truly looked like me. A dance performance combined with drafting together, in less than a minute, an oil pastel drawing. Below is the finished product.

I savored every moment of the performance. It was something that came directly out of my heart – combining my love for dance and a rather easily flowing touch for lines and colors.

My dear Sebu knows me and he gave me the best thank you ever.

He encourages me to be myself and to pursue my passions. In our relationship we both have space to live. We don’t have all the same interests, but what we do make sure is to get into things that the other is occupied with. Asking some questions and learning more, even just for a while, are what I consider the keys to a long lasting marriage.

7 Responses to “Story of a Wedding”

1. Isopeikko says:

   January 11, 2009 at 4:59 pm

   Hain taiteilijoita ja ulkosuomalaisia. Loksahdit kumpaankin kategoriaan. Jos haluat vastata, niin osoitteessa http://isopeikko.vuodatus.net/blog/1741986 on sinulle haaste.
2. kitty says:

   January 11, 2009 at 5:58 pm

   aw…that is so lovely.

   There is nothing like gift that is done from the heart, especially created with your hands or body.

   Thanks for sharing with us, Susu. You looks gorgeous with your dress and socks!
3. Susu says:

   January 12, 2009 at 2:22 pm

   Isopeikko – Hang on, my response is on its way. So cool that you’d contact people you didn’t know. Wow!

   Kitty – At one point I even had sneakers on with my dress – to climb on a steep hill for our photo shoot. High white platform heels were mostly on my feet though.
4. audrey says:

   January 14, 2009 at 7:55 pm

   hey girl! what can i say. i can only imagine how beautiful your performance was. persons with beautiful hearts create beautifully.

   thanks so much for sharing these gorgeous pictures. your drawing is simply precious!

   lastly, i just wanted to say i am such a fan of mixing the elegant and the casual. maybe because the two don’t ’seemingly’ go together. maybe it has something to do with ‘breaking the rules.’ did you get a picture of you climbing up the hill with your sneakers. this is tooooo adorable, the very idea…
5. Susu says:

   January 15, 2009 at 7:16 pm

   Audrey – There sure is a pic or two of the sneakers n’ gown. You might get to see them…;)
6. Sennie says:

   January 21, 2009 at 3:40 am

   Olipa ihana nähdä teidän hääjuhlastakin kuvia!
   Morsiuspukusi on ihastuttava!
7. Susu says:

   January 27, 2009 at 1:29 am

   Sennie – Kiitos! Miellyin ajatukseen kapeasta puvusta, kun pohdin asiaa kerran lentaessani Pariisista Suomeen. Ja sellainenhan loytyi.