I have so much I want to say about my time here in Brazil. Impressions that needs to be processed, re-experienced in memory and in writing. A deep desire to capture these feelings in writing or in painting, preserved and…
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Celebrity nudity – a real thing!
Lately there has been a lot of fuzz going on about some leaked celebrity nudes and I must say that I am quite chocked at the cultural development. My first thought was: who is stupid enough to put nude pictures online? Somehow…
Cruising Buick a la the Expendables
My father and I have a particular movie series that bond us together – The Expendables. Yes, I can guess what is flowing through your mind: mindless action, a bunch of old dudes pretending to be young, Sylvester Stallone’s awkward…
The emotional liar
I have come to love going by train. Currently sitting in an old train cabin I look through the rain stained windows. Trains has become one of these few places where I get the chance to really think. There is…
Unexpected nostalgia
Today I had a rare treat. A few weeks ago my father and I handed in a few old video cassettes that has been lying around the last 20 years or so, for digitization. Today I got to see them…
Guilty pleasures – The 100
A few days ago I emerged myself in one of those guilty pleasures that I rather not tell people yet feel way too old to be ashamed of. During 8 and 2/3 hours, 520 minutes, 31200 seconds – without…
Breathing place
The first thing that hits me is the smell. The smell of wet moss, pine trees, sun heated rock. The smell of Sweden. It hits me with such force when I step out of the car that I am immediately…
Unwanted male attention
A while back a complete stranger, a man from the Balkans or perhaps the middle east, came up to me wanting to start a conversation. He quickly changed from German to English, asking me if I spoke English. I told…
Thoughts on Magdeburg
I’ve lived there for over three months. All over town semi-empty DDR-complexes crowns the streets with their LEGO-block feel to them. Randomly placed like huge coloured cubes with balconies built in. Even I live in one of these. Thankfully I…