Serrekunda and Stockholm, the picture above is in the hut in Serrekunda, the Gambia. I look at it every morning and evening the few days I stay there. Women preparing food, women caring for their children and if the painting had been a bit wider, we would have seen women working with the dry soil, cultivating. In a still wider painting, a bit more far away, there would be women at the marketplace selling eggs and vegetables. And what about the men? Reading, occupied with abstract matters in the refreshing shadow of a tree. Or taking a walk, enjoying a good pipe.
Winter in Stockholm, last year. In the very centre of the city, Sergels Torg, the Modern Dance Theatre has some kind of performance. Women chopping wood in full action. Arms waving, axes blowing. We also hear the song of power saws, and they are handled by men. And, actually, a power saw is much more fun than an axe!
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