| | Welcome to Brooklyn Love!
Brooklyn Love (art) salon is a time and place for artists, open-hearted searching people and their
friends to present what they do (or want to do), building on themes,
making connections and sharing experiences.
It is a wonderful
opportunity to share food, ideas, giveaways, works-in-process and to
meet once a month with friends in a supportive environment.
Also
a time to acknowledge courage, heart, talent, hard work and humor, and
to express appreciation for luminous moments and surprises. And a time
to eat (first of course!) drink and socialize.
Marion, Alrun, Tomek, Akiyo, Judith, Ursula, Jane, Mary, Chico, Ric, Paula, Silvia
and our Canine mascot, Pip met in Red Hook, Brooklyn on a
Sunday afternoon in June. Our theme for the month was Double Happiness.
Our salon began with a sumptous table of tasty treats, inspiring thoughts of happiness!
After some food and chat we began our
salon by drawing our versions of the Chinese Double Happiness symbol, representing two soulmates walking arm in arm.
Jane celebrated the happiness of closing on her new home ...
Marion shared her symbol of balance and harmony ...
Alrun showed us her drawing of two linked souls. We enjoyed
interpreting the picture in different ways. Jane recognized the bottom
of a pair of sneakers ... two "sole-mates"!
Ursula inspired by the memory of her life-long love for chocolate, drew two Lindt candy bars!
We then sang “Science Fiction/ Double Feature” from the
Rocky Horror Picture Show and expressed our wished-for Double Feature.
Some favorites included: Jules et Jim, Young Frankenstein, Amelie,
Eternal Sunshine, Sideways, and Le Bal ...
Chicoshared his love for the sea and his Double
Happiness drawing of two boats, expressing his longing to be out on the
water ... Chico read a poem dedicated to the Brooklyn Love salon …
"Our Brooklyn Love Salon" by Chico Eberle
I look forward to our salon and anticipate the enjoyment we share.
Be it the food and drink, the conversation which opens each heart to
share.
The feeling of friendship, our differences so obvious brings a smile to
each,
And sharpen our minds as we learn from each other and extend our
reach.
Our Sunday afternoons together seem to elicit joy to all who attend,
We are as one during the short time, we give what we have to send.
It is my sincere hope that we leave with a new view and without
duress.
May we all continue to live, love and share with each other our success.
 There were many new friends, like Silvia, who were attending
the salon for the first time. Silvia enjoyed the Brooklyn Love slideshow and shared some lovely feelings about being
with us on a warm Sunday afternoon…
Paula, who is a commercial food photographer, shared beautiful
pictures of her two children ... her Double Happiness!
Which inspired a chat about good meals! Judith reflected on a past
experience when she was a food stylist sharing leftover gourmet meals from
photos shoots with a homeless woman that she often met at a subway station. She
is still moved by the memory of the woman, who revealed something of her past
by thanking Judith for sharing delicacies which she was once accustomed to
eating.
Tomek and Marion shared that their two-month visit to
Brooklyn from Frankfurt is a Double Happiness
for them, because it is their first vacation abroad together.
After exchanging information about great, free summer events
in the city, we had our monthly giveaway.
Mary shared a moving story called “What’s New?” a story
about a recent loss of a loved one, written and read from the heart.
To close Ric read a scene from his play “Echoes from the New World.”
After our salon, we enjoyed a long, summer walk to the Red Hook waterfront ...
Brooklyn Love (art) salon meets again on July 24th 2005. Our theme for July is: Tolerance: The Heat Is On!
Our sister salon in Berlin, Salon 46 met on the same day in June to celebrate Stefanie's Birthday - Geburtstag im Park
Visit Double Happiness, our sister salon in San Francisco online at www.doublehappinesssalon.com
Double Happiness meets again on July 17 with the theme Agenda
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