Lighten up






to become a lamp


i light up

a lamp
perfectly round and silky
take a peak up my skirt

hand stitched pearls around my dress

to become a lamp

your hand on my leg

carved carefully like a wooden stool
hand up my skirt

i am one with the fabric

my body as a brick

i become the bed we lie in



frozen like a stick
you leave


a brick



how do i become human after this







Lighten up
Felicia Jartelius, 2025

silk scarf








a silk scarf
covering my skin
like a sort of shelter
to protect my heart within
locks wrapped
layers safe
for no one to see
i am free
hair the the wind
chest kissed by the sun
i just want to be me
silver spoon
honeymoon
no questions on why
today i am
today i am another
i question why you choose to bother
i am what i am
i am what i am not
because we all came from the same
a source of a kind
i wish to make her smile
love
hold
be
and all can restore
be what you are
and what you are not
you might become it
i wish for
a choice of my own
to hold a love
from above
to prosper
flow what you know
so we can grow old
on this earth
our home
i am not what i wear
but for what i hold
don’t tell me what i am
for i am more than you know
so read before you shout
and converse before claiming
but speak with your voice
i want to know what you know
know what you are
you have answers within
inside there is a heart
hiding beneath that thick skin !
so let it beat
sip thru
for it is all we have left
a battle without armor

why choose the limitations?

tomorrow may not come

text on,
exploration, tolerance, identity och god

silk scarf
Felicia Jartelius, 2025

censur 

censurera
recensera 

                    sig själv
skala av
rensa
    finjustera
       reglera 

göra om

om jag ändrar mitt ord 
är det då mitt?

för att tolkas rätt
att låta korrekt 

vara rädd
se mig inte så

sudda ut 
ändra om

vad blir av ordet då
            mig








censur
Felicia Jartelius, 2025

Be open to receive and you'll go places you'd never believe 



I entered the room and was met with an overwhelming feeling of colors and stuff in every corner.

(But) as I took my time with the pieces, I got to know them better. 
The room started feeling like a landscape. 



...





I am surrounded by water, sound and softness. 
I've even found some favorites. 
I believe that is the purpose of it. 
To slow down and enjoy things. Nature. Sit with it. 
Rainfall. Pink rainfall. The sun. 
A big river with a bridge. 
I'm in a fairytale. let me stay here, wind. A slow wind.(breeze)
Find your way in the fog. 
Light is there. 
Molecules. trees, beauty.
Window.
I'm in a cottage. Children's voices. They are taking a dip in the pond. I'm making them lemonade.
Its warm, i'm home. 
More windows. More homes?
Växter, dekoration?
Jag vill stanna här,
för all tid.
I'm taking a dip now. 
A slow dip. a slow swim.
It's interesting how we can create spaces.
Of safety.   of imagination?
A deck. Or is it sand?    I can decide.
I think it's mud.
I want it to be.
I threw a stone in the river.
I'm standing on the water.
or (is it) a stone. 
Glancing down over the land.     It's a beautiful land. 
   A man watching me.   They ruin most things. 
Or maybe he was admiring, wondering what I am writing. 
It's fine. 
I just jumped right back to reality there for a second. 
It was the guard. 
I am sorry.    He was kind?
I walked over the bridge.
I feel watched. It was difficult to get into my world again.
  Hair. Pink long hair.
It's a dream world.
  I am where I want to be.
A bridge in the middle of the room.
A princess. A queen.
Fingers.
Creatures. Sky.
Hot pink.
Happy.
Life. Veins.
It's a party. 
I'm dancing with nature.
Hangout place. (there is) a sofa in the garden.
Creating a home.
Can i stay here?
A brain. (?) A bush.
It's getting dark.    wiser
Eyes. Hot pink. 
I see.
A portrait.
A dog. In the cottage, by the pond, by the river, in the garden.
  I am one with it all. 











Text on presence, being, slowing down, taking the time, get to know, explore. Finding a place and state of mind where you want to be, notes from exhibition at Moderna Museet in Malmö. First entering the space and later on engaging, emerging to the space. Observing to absorbing, seeing to being, creation, creating. 




Be open to receive and you'll go places you'd never believe 
Felicia Jartelius, 2025

Sitting in the sauna

As I sit in the sauna 

Sitting in the sauna
Felicia Jartelius, 2025

hej träd





hej träd 

hur blev du till
liv 
hur allt är 
fråga trädet 

vad meningen med livet är 

står i svar med rötter
hälsar välvilligt tillbaka 

fråga trädet 

den säger allt den vet 

hon står i vishet och trofasthet 
håller på gåtor och svar

som bara gud vet

fråga trädet 
hon vet 

står med makten och talan
om allt som en gång var 

jag undrar vart vi sen blir av
fråga träden
och du kan få svar
står stilla tyst och väntar

kryp som klättrar på sitt bo
jag en vandrare som stiger på

fråga träden 
var vi egentligen bor

se i himlen 
den har sett världens stjärnor

i fråga om 

se upp hur molnen rör sig
finner sig i figur

krama om mig
trädet sa
känn hur min andning blir till din

fråga mig 
om hur vi en gång blev till 

i tankar om vi skall vara

känn mina armar 

vi är alla samma

lär känna mig

jag vet mer om dig än du tror att jag gör






hej träd
Felicia Jartelius, 2025

hi tree

((english version of hej träd))





hi tree

how are you holding on
life 
how everything is
ask the tree

what the meaning of life is 

it stands in answers in its roots 
and greet us upon approach 
ask the tree
it will tell you what it knows 

she stands in wisdom and steadfastness 
and keeps the answers to the riddles 

that only god knows

ask the tree
she knows 

it holds the virtue and authority 
of knowledge of what ones were 

what becomes of us
what we ones were

ask the tree
and you’ll know 

it stands quiet waiting

insects climbing it’s home 
me a stranger wandering through 
ask the tree
where we truly live 

look upon the sky
it has seen our worlds stars

in question if

see the clouds moving 
forming its figures 

hold onto me 
the tree spoke

feel my breathing become yours 
ask me 

how we ones were

in doubt if we shall be 
feel my arms 

we feel the same

get to know me

because i know more
than you believe i do




ask the sea 

it holds you safe 
but when the weather strikes down
the waves turn fast
and we glide into storm 

ask the moon
she has seen it all

she is there in every turn

holding on
and sings a song 

ask the night 



that has seen all evil we have done 





hi tree
Felicia Jartelius, 2025