Tough love: scorching, burning, dehydrating but also envigorating, joyfull, warming. Sometimes shrill and harsh. Sometimes tender and fresh. It can brighten up colors, but also make them extremely flat. The sun for me is a symbol of extremes. I love it, because with it, in the Netherlands, come the long days (from 05.30 untill 23.00 in june!) but I also hate it, because I'm allergic and it ruins my face, makes it look like a strawberry.