Artist with a harp. Sensing notes of silence. Writing in the company of Virginia Woolf & Emily Dickinson. Antjie Krog 🪶 + AV🪉 Sculptural, poetic research, rooted in ritual and embodied landscape. harpandsoul.com Art exhales life — the future inhales.https://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mjweyozlkc22“When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it.” ― Wisława Szymborska #WisławaSzymborska #Poetry #Philosophy #Wittgenstein #LanguageAndSilence #Meaning #TimeAndBeing #Paradox #Existence20 Apr 2026 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjweyozlkc22https://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mjtimnyrqc2usomething can be both beautiful and difficult my father made me this harp so I learned a language that could not harm us anymore it has been a year since he passed #harp #poetry #healing #grief #family #music19 Apr 2026 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjtimnyrqc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mjriey6mok2h"The #moment was all; the moment was enough.” ― Virginia Woolf 🐝☘️ I don’t always compose. Sometimes I listen... for #garden incantations passing through. I capture them in words: "Free of past and pull, step into the day untamed; the moment grips your palm — take me now, unashamed." #inspiration18 Apr 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjriey6mok2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mjozeq2og22v'may I hold you my sister in this warm fragile unfolding of the word humane' ~Antjie Krog 🪶 I love this 🎶wizard, it's amazing how the #poetry stands out, how soulful the sound is. 🎧 https://soundcloud.com/senglar/harp-soul-music-die-liggaam?si=c25c664f26284e128a2eb0f92b3b4301&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing 🎶💞 #producer #remix #sonicart #experimental #poem #harp #EP soon #newmusic17 Apr 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjozeq2og22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mjhcmdgnrk2vWhen this bird arrived flying and my heart bowed down low: that which moved me to crying – grant it voice, Lord, below. — Ida Gerhardt (trans. John Irons) #poetry 🪶 A #Bird Came Flying #sheetmusic PDF https://frimoutmusic.com/nl/downloads/a-bird-came-flying-solo 🎧 A Bird Came Flying harpandsoul.bandcamp.com/track/nature-414 Apr 2026 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhcmdgnrk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mjccloytqk2q“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.” ― Franz #Kafka, The #Metamorphosis 🦗 In response: Love your #butterflies — they don’t bite; they flutter and giggle, everything’s alright. -AV, #Garden Incantations 🦋 #change12 Apr 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjccloytqk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mignszyktk2q"They shut me up in Prose – " ~ Emily Dickinson ☘️🐝 ...but i/we live in language ! #selfportrait #freedom #expression #imagine #peace01 Apr 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mignszyktk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mi4j6fliys25"He who would learn to #fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying." ~Friedrich Nietzsche 🕊 Today I am a Bird my voice is heard beyond words and the unspoken - i dream to shape reality- i believe i can fly ! —AV #imagine #dreamer #peace28 Mar 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4j6fliys25https://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mhsmlizj4c2sFrauen auf Bäumen / #WomeninTrees Such a captivating and gently defiant #photo book, carefully collected by Jochen Raiß. As Astrid Lindgren's dictum: “There is no prohibition for (old) women to climb trees.” I feel inspired by these dapperly dressed women. #tree #feminist #Sisterhood #vintage24 Mar 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsmlizj4c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mhnlvl62sk2jJohn Cage: “I have nothing to say / and I am saying it / and that is poetry / as I needed it”  In the meantime, in between spaces. Music and soundscapes create their own sense of time as an interval — where #imagination comes into play via ground and variations. #interval #time #perception22 Mar 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhnlvl62sk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mhkxkmowas2z"Water so clear cannot be imagined, but must be seen." — Nan Shepherd In the midst of my artistic chaos, I wonder when I'll see such clarity again, where #reflection and depth feel like the same quiet presence. All is well 💙 #BlueSky #Stillness #Harp #ArtistLife #LandscapeInspiration21 Mar 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhkxkmowas2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mhgjcpsags2wDe op zichzelf staande, krachtige muziek (harp remix) vormt met het geluid en de textuur van de tekst een huid van klank. Met dank aan Roland Kuit en Anne Vegter. https://harpandsoul.bandcamp.com/track/gelukszoekers-zo-worden-we-genoemd 🎧 #poezie #spokenword #soundart #remix #harp #producer #composer #womenart #dichter19 Mar 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgjcpsags2whttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mh4e7ya6a22h"Do you play solo? Ain't life a solo?" ~ Sandy Denny 🦄 Once a collaborative #improviser, now an #artist with a harp. A track from another time. 🎧 gamba/harp improv. (2012) https://soundcloud.com/harpandsoul/meditation-by-50strings?si=54a73f0e5b284d26b98e43a5df199b4b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing 🎶 #harp #improvisation #soundart #archive #artistpractice #producer #violadagamba 💕15 Mar 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh4e7ya6a22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mgs4heg5xk2jI am with the Poet, I am with #AntjieKrog – she who sounds and breathes #poetry… she, who moves me deeply. De stem van Antjie Krog in mijn #harp, mijn hart, helpt mij om aards te zijn, om kunstenaar te zijn, om mens te zijn. Mijn dank is voor altijd. 🎧 https://harpandsoul.bandcamp.com/album/land-van-genade-en-verdriet11 Mar 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgs4heg5xk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mgmy7n5rsk26"Be realistic, think the impossible." ~ Ernst Bloch ♫♡ ...muziek als vreugde, / …music as joy, vreugde als verzet — / joy as resistance — verzet als hoop, / resistance as hope, hoop als muziek… / hope as music… 🎧 free harp improv https://soundcloud.com/harpandsoul/i-am-a-dreamer i am a dreamer ! #imagine #peace09 Mar 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmy7n5rsk26https://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mgkkjl456c2nYou touched so many with your wisdom, #poetry and voice, dear #DianaFerrus. Fearlessly loving, you stood with Saartjie Baartman (ao). Thank you for our conversations under the same moon... you leave me speechless... but your spirit will sing forever! XA 🎧 https://harpandsoul.bandcamp.com/track/saartjie-vir-lady-diana08 Mar 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgkkjl456c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mfyjhk6hbs2bA good morning with Bjork and Arvo Part ♫♡ https://youtu.be/Cv7HRyGlLAs?si=W2RyPjiM9hhx40-m 💕 Two voices; the Pinokkio and the little cricket comparison makes me smile. Love both great artists. #arvopart #bjork #wisdom #minimalist #music #inspiration 🙏01 Mar 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfyjhk6hbs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mflp5wjur22y"Dit wordt ons niet ontnomen: lezen, en ademloos het blad omslaan, ver van de dagelijksheid vandaan. Die lezen mogen eenzaam wezen.” — Ida Gerhardt, Onvervreemdbaar 🪶 De dichter en de harpist: 🎧 https://harpandsoul.bandcamp.com/track/tijdelooze-tijd I am with the poet ! Ik leef in #taal . #lezen #inspiratie24 Feb 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mflp5wjur22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mf2lek2lwk2wRecording music gives me the sense of completion a sculptor feels when the form finally stands in stone. 🎙🎙🎙🎙 (new music idt) #image #sound #text #sculpting #research #studiotime #harp #recording #lifeofanartist17 Feb 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2lek2lwk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mevfwhhnnc27𝑻𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓. Suddenly to be healed again and aware that the very ground of my being, my mind & spirit, was given time and space in which to go on growing; and there came from my heart a radiance I had not felt so strongly for a long time... 🔆 Rainer M. #Rilke15 Feb 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mevfwhhnnc27https://bsky.app/profile/harpandsoul.bsky.social/post/3mdzvjr3ix22xSince my very first harp, I have been voicing and notating my #thoughts and #musings for myself. Now I feel it is time to express myself on #Substack, beginning with a reflection on visual language. 🖊️ If you feel like it, please follow me: substack.com/@harpandsoul ♥️04 Feb 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:5dixsqokoxovcmd6eocer3nw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzvjr3ix22x