Binding a grave wreath for my grand father and practising the art of losing

25. XII. 1993

For a miracle, take one shepherd’s sheepskin, throw
in a pinch of now, a grain of long ago,
and a handful of tomorrow. Add by eye
a little chunk of space, a piece of sky,

and it will happen. For miracles, gravitating
to earth, know just where people will be waiting,
and eagerly will find the right address
and tenant, even in a wilderness.

Or if you’re leaving home, switch on a new
four-pointed star, then, as you say adieu,
to light a vacant world with steady blaze
and follow you forever with its gaze.


~ Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996)

(-got this amazing poem from Elina for christmas. Fits to everything in my life right now.)

The forgotten words of Alphaville: affection, to cry, autumn light, redbreast.

Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars...

Every year/ everything/ I have ever learned

in my lifetime/ leads back to this: the fires/ and the black river of loss/ whose other side/ is salvation,/whose meaning/ none of us will ever know.

To live in this world/ you must be able/ to do three things:/ to love what is mortal;/ to hold it/ against your bones knowing/ your own life depends on it;/ and, when the time comes to let it go,/ to let it go. ------------------ ------------------- ------------------ ------------------- ------------------ ------------------- ------------------ ------------------- (fragments of Mary Oliver poem "In Blackwater Woods")

(Gollwitzer writes: we are more loved than we realize.)

Winter collage opens today in Berlin:

-a beautiful collage by Kirsi Mikkola, seen in September in Berlin (and a beautiful jacket of an unknown person)

Sainte Lucie (Niina 2ème version) by Florence Obrecht

Florence Obrecht

follow the yellow shoes in to the bar

PLANTHEON Trailer (Teuri Haarla & Ulu Braun)

THE THIRSTY ONE BREAKS THE IMAGE AND DRINKS

http://vimeo.com/105798875 -a feature documentary film by Teuri Haarla / Ulu Braun based on the life of Teuri Haarla, initiated and produced by Ulu Braun with sound by Markus Heino 61 min., HD, sound to be released end of 2014/ beginning 2015

http://www.taz.de/1/archiv/digitaz/artikel/?ressort=li&dig=2014%2F10%2F07%2Fa0004&cHash=699adc1302ba712c6f56b947e0867354

sieniä ja kurkia / mushrooms and cranes

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>>>>> >>>>> "Nur manchmal fliegt ein Storch zu seinem Nest, Mit seinem Schrei die Stille kurz zu störn. Und wenn du laut an meine Türe schlägst, Kommt's mir so vor, als könnt ich dich nicht hörn."

Please, write me a thing (or some things) that make you think of someone special.

oh yeah

Syyskuu, uusi alku, roskakasasta syntyy taas taide? September, neue Anfang, von Haufen Müll entsteht wieder das Kunst?

http://finnland-institut.de/cool/blog/our-problems-are-not-solved-by-trying-to-solve-them/

inspired by agnes domke

-inspiring book by Leanne Shapton

kiitos elina S.lle tästä Tove Janssonin Seuraleikeistä kopioidusta kohdasta:

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