I wanted to get something in the foreground and then I realised that the rock looks like a Chinese Taijitu. The symbol for Yin and Yang, opposite but complementary. Is it only me or can you see it too?
This place was in the past a shipping port for stone and if you look close there is also a numbers and letters carved in the stone. It’s hard to read but maybe it was the initials of two lovers or simply the number of the port.
Same, same but different, ha de Gött!
Archipelago (English version)
In an archipelago of heart pieces
Navigating among memories of you
A compass spinning,
from a wool of loss
Among skerries of hope.
steer towards healing, land
A land called Missed,
surrounded by the Sea of Tears
Arkipelag (Svensk version)
I arkipelagen av hjärtats bitar
Navigerar bland minnen av dig
En kompass som spinner,
av en ull av saknad
Bland kobbar av hopp,
styr vidare mot läkande, land
Landet heter Saknad,
omgivet av Tårarnas Hav
For my son. Gone, but never forgotten. Ha de Gött!
Listen, feel and taste the salt of life.
As the winds winding up the sea.
Lashes out and roars.
Smooths the rocks.
And everything tastes of salt.
Lyssna, känn och smaka på livets salt.
Som vindarna piskar upp havet.
Brusar upp och vrålar.
Mjuknar klipporna.
Och allt smakar av salt.
See the sea, ha de Gött!
The washed up tree on the beach. Tumbled in the storm and ended up here. Tossed up and down in the waves.
Where did fall?
Was it just in the next bay or did it travel across the sea. Climbed by kids in a far away land. One day just gone.
Everything carries a story, ha de Gött!
Feeling unhinged, completly bonkers, deranged and detaced.
Questions and thoughts runing brain like wild horses.
Take out the door of doubt and, you are left with.
An exclamation mark!
It’s all in the details, ha de Gött!
When Sherlock had to go do elementary things he’d pass this view.
Even great men have to do small things, ha de Gött!
Just got back from a few days’ vacation in a record-hot London. The main focus was to celebrate my 60:th birthday with my family, not to take photos. Still, I managed to capture a few, even if conditions was not optimal. Temperatures between 30 and 35°C and clear skies with razor-sharp light.
I took this after attending the Shakespeare play “Much Ado About Nothing” at Shakespeare Globe Theatre. It’s a challenge to read Shakespeare when English is not your native language and, even more so watching a play performed without any technical support like mics or speakers. The actors were brilliant, articulate and projected their voices beautifully, so after a few minutes I settled into that special Shakespeare flow.
Speak low if you speak love, ha de Gött!
I did not wish to be
but here I am
not alike
odd
Udda (Svensk version)
Det var inte min önskan
men här är jag
inte lika
udda
It’s a roll of the dice, ha de Gött!
Pause and repeat
just stay with the beat
before you get your story told
fading out, loosing it, getting old
not in rush, I just like it neat
has to be short and sweet
Kort och Gott (Swedish)
Stopp och start
i min knopp är det fart
långt före du berättat klart
för mig är det redan uppenbart
har inte brått, gillar bara lätt
kort och gott blir så rätt
Pause and listen, it’s the world. Ha de Gött!
When I visit a museum, I spend more time looking at the building than the exhibitions. When you enter the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, you’ll see this statue of the king Gustav Vasa sitting in an impressive hall. The text on the pedestal reads in translation “Be Swedes“. To understand why this statement we need a short history lesson.
Gustav Vasa or Gustav I was king between 1523-1560. He became king after leading a rebellion against the Danish king Kristian II who was king over the Kalmar Union. The union was made up of Sweden, Norway and Denmark. While king Kristian II in Denmark is referred to as the hero king he is in Sweden called Kristian the tyrant. To strengthen the grip over the Swedes Kristian lured the leading members of the Swedish administration to a meeting in the central square of Stockholm and slayed over 100 opponents.
Gustav Vasa managed to flee and made his way to Mora to seek the support from the rich mine and forest nobility in the area. This is the historical background to one of the most famous long ski races, Vasa race (Vasaloppet). He got the support he needed and could be named king of Sweden 1523 and with that ended the Kalmar union that had lasted for almost 150 years.
Know the past to understand the present, ha de Gött!
