Colorful poet Charley Ranzijn shares a studio with father Joost Ranzijn and mother Jane Waltman (not in the photo). Charley is a poet and performative artist and (since corona) also a physics teacher.
Charley mainly performs in the alternative scene under the name Temporary Toon. Joost, after a career in film and t.v. now 3D cardboard art. Jane teaches, paints and draws. The studio gives them the space for further development.
“It creates the right mindset. Because it is situated on this special site, it offers opportunities for new connections, new collaborations. We make projects here that don't fit in the city. Because the community is there, we feel more comfortable and there are a lot of opportunities to work together. Maybe also with each other. That is really enriching for us and we enrich that community again. We don't live here ourselves, but we do feel very much at home. Because we now have this studio, we really belong."
Charley wrote a text about this feeling:
Sometimes the words intertwine
with difficulty
They stagger awkwardly through the
sky
It is as if the world
has freckles
but the word green is not fitting
with this spring
the word free isn't fitting
this feeling
What you can't do, is still who you are
I'm the word that's like a hedgehog
Laying on your tongue
Dat slaapt als was het klein geluk
Charley Ranzijn 2022
