Wednesday, October 31, 2012

vi är rymdmoln och himlakroppar,

våta, varma

oändliga, levande

och bara vanliga dödliga

illustrations 2012

i am everything i have to offer. ink/photoshop 2012.
blackbird. ink/watercolor/photoshop 2012.
blackbirds. ink 2012.
himlakropp. ink 2012.
martin med rosenkvarts. detail scan of pencil drawing. 2012.
we are planets, love. ink/photoshop 2012.

Friday, August 24, 2012

summer of doom 2012

a summer in pictures. some of it spent photographing for Mystic Magasinet (www.facebook.com/mysticmagasinet), some of it trying to balance the awesome with the other stuff...





i got a greenhouse and good friends.







Friday, March 23, 2012

"As if you could kill time without injuring eternity."

I spent almost two weeks in Denmark. Partly to work, looking for gigs and contacts, with reggae and blues in mind. Partly to see something new, re-remember how many of us walk this earth, figuring out what I was and who I will be. Mostly who I am.

Thoughts are still stirring, and things are falling into place, as I've landed back where I started from, and to an equally new place called home. But I will keep it short, everything I've realized will find its' way into anything I do. You'll get it.



I started from my home, and spent a night in Helsinki with fellow dreadheads. I left for Copenhagen early Friday morning March 2nd in a snowstorm. Landing right in the first days of spring. I spent most of my days in Christiania, but I lack photos, being rich in experiences.


Scott "Dr. Space" Heller from Oresund Space Collective and his daughter Clotho hosted me for my first couple of nights. Lots of music, and vinyl cover painting.


West, Space & Love is the new record, a few of them with my handpainted covers. Order one for yourself at www.oresundspacecollective.com!


Rat friend at Kristian Nielsen's. Visit www.larica.dk and you'll know what he's all about!


Rub A' Dub Sundays at Stengade. Earl Sixteen had dreadheads bouncing.


Damien Jurado, with Brad on percussion here, and Kyle on electric guitar, as well as the rest of the band made quite the impression. The talks I had with the guys before the gig were inspiring, and the gig was awesome. Loppen offered the right setting, but the band really gave us everything else. And I don't want to be a fool like the journalist who "turns what she's seeing into business...". :)



Århus with Mats was my vacation on my vacation. It was all flowers and rainbows and a home away from home.

Like I said, in short. I won't kill time.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

love island


a tiny glimpse from my new home.
the wood stove in my kitchen
is the center of the universe.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

wicked ice




turn one over and everything changes.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

PROFILE PORTFOLIO EDIT 1



Some of my latest portraits.
Thanks for the honor, Kicki & Punx.












Monday, November 22, 2010

RADIKAALIMARSSI 2010 - my story

RADIKAALIMARSSI 2010 / HELSINKI SMOKE OUT / 20.11.2010

On Saturday November 20th pro-cannabis friendlies were marching from Hesperia Park to the Parliament Building in Helsinki to light cigarettes, joints, bongs and whatever else at 4.20 pm to protest the immoral law of criminalizing nature.

I was there.

We left our friend's place in Petolahti, Ostrobothnia early on Saturday morning. We were late. We drove down to Pori watching an amazing sunrise (but that's another story entirely). We found the bus, as well as two "undercover" cops and a happy labrador. The dog marked two of us four and our bags were searched. Not very thouroughly, it was definitely quite laid back cops who were mainly looking for major amounts of illegal substances.

No one was kept from going on board. I guess we were all experiencing thc-deficiency more than illegally transporting drugs. Heh. Same in Turku, everyone got on, and everyone was excited.

The trip down to Helsinki went smooth until 10 minutes from the city center. A police car was clearly waiting for us to make that certain turn when they came after us, pulled us to the side, and within seconds a second police car was also present.

They called it a routine control. They talked to the driver, checked the tires, the logs and everything else for 25 minutes until giving the driver a 140€ ticket for something ridiculous and finally let us drive on. To the press they apparently said that it was not to stall the participants. Which cannot be true. This was one of the most obvious, ridiculous moves I've ever seen the police do.



As we had no chance of making it to the park to march we went straight for the Parliament Building. A big crowd was already there, as well as 50 some visible cops, apparently around 80 in total. The participants in the crowd were peaceful and happy to make a stand. What was the hardest to grasp was the amount of policemen present. They pushed people off the stairs, even press (credited or otherwise), and in the end they only arrested three people, of which only two were given fines. What exactly did they think we would do? Storm the building?



Finnish hemp minister Timo Haara was present, talking to t
he press and his fellow friends in the 200+ crowd.



Lots of regular cigarettes too, just for the sake of it.

The first big pipe was lit at 4.20 and the police were quick to wrestle down the smoker. The pipe did not have any illegal substances in it though.I would estimate that at least half of the crowd were smoking cannabis and I was happy to see no more than three being pulled away by police. This was peaceful disobedience, the way it should be. There were no victims (except the ones being taken by the police).


Peaceful hippies could not understand the laws and the police paws.

And all that just for this: a peace pipe.

In the bus home one of the participants read the headlines from all major media. It got all of us in a good mood for the long drive, because hardly any of the headlines or stories were aimed at us. Even media is mostly criticizing the police resources being used in such a useless way.



The message we were trying to spread was clear; You cannot criminalize nature. You are not above it, but a part of it. Don't separate yourself from that which makes sense.



//soulmama (all the way from Pietarsaari, who participated unfortunately without breaking the law)

Wednesday, September 29, 2010