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Jane
- Feb 27, 2022
An interview with Marysia Kohn. 'What kept you going?'
This interview with mum is part of the ID’44 (IDentity 1944) series by the artist Agata di Masternak, where she Interviews Holocaust Survivors and the 2nd and 3rd generations. The project is a warning and reminder of what can happen if we don’t learn from the past. It is also a memorial for those who want to share their stories with the artist as well as reflections on positive change for the future. https://www.agatadimasternak.me/id44-interviews The topics covered in the in


Jane
- Feb 23, 2022
Magic Drawing Days
21.7.21 Mum always said she ‘painted with her eye’. What I think she meant was she didn’t have the talent to paint with her hands, but instead, she studied the world around her with an artist's eye. When she looked at you for a long time, you knew she was painting you. But I do remember when I was little, watching mum talk for ages on the home phone while doodling all sorts of faces on scraps of paper. Now, a lifetime has passed and her days are quiet. It is time to doodle ag


Jane
- Feb 8, 2022
Come quickly, mum’s fallen over.
4.2.22 We’ve had some drama these past few days. Thursday evening around midnight, while I was getting ready for bed, I heard mum pottering in the lounge room. And then I heard a clunk. There she was sprawled on the floor. She must have pulled Som Chai (my pretend husband) down with her, because he was lying in a tangle next to her. I couldn’t get her up, so I shook Yasha out of his deep sleep. It’s not uncommon to wake Yasha up in the early hours of the night. Mum falls ove