Alt det meget ingen når, gråner mange men”skers hår.
Glæd dig alt hvad du formår
over alt det lidt du når.
Den som tvivler på sin sag,
han er slagen før sit slag.
Vinter, sommer, høst og vår
hvad der kommer, husk det går.
Husk at smile før du sover,
så går dagens surhed over.

Hvis du frygter for besvær,
kan du li” så godt la” vær.
Hvis du uden vaklen vil,
er det næsten vundet spil.
Tykke bind om livets gang,
kan man skrive dagen lang.
Hjertesuk og jubelklang
kan man ikke ta” med tang.
Husk at elske mens du tør det.
Husk at leve mens du gør det.

Folk som ved hvad der er bedst,
hærger Verden som en pest.
Folk bli”r fler og fler og fler
men”sker laves ikke mer.
Verdens vejr er sort og surt.
Lykken er en liden urt.
Stjernerne på nattens blå
lærer men”sker at forstå.
Helbred er hvordan man har det.
Modstandskraft er som man ta”r det.

Hvis du vidste hvad du ved, når dit livslys er brændt ned,
så var meget mindre drøjt, mens det endnu brænder højt.
Vide, hvad man ikke ved
er en slags alvidenhed.
Den, Guds klarsyn falder på
ser det store i det små.
tæk dit tag med vid og viden,
Ånd alene trodser tiden
Piet Hein

Døden kan flamme som kornmo;
klarere ser vi enn før
hvert liv i dens hvite smerte:
det er de beste som dør.

De sterke, de rene av hjertet
som ville og våget mest;
rolige tok de avskjed,
en etter en gikk de vest.

De levende styrer verden,
en flokk blir alltid igjen,
de uunnværlige flinke,
livets nestbeste menn.

De beste blir myrdet i fengslet,
sopt vekk av kuler og sjø.
De beste blir aldri vår fremtid.
De beste har nok med å dø.

Slik hedrer vi dem, med avmakt,
med all den tomhet vi vet,
men da har vi sveket de beste,
forrådt dem med bitterhet.

De vil ikke sørges til døde,
men leve i mot og tro.
Bare i dristige hjerter
strømmer de falnes blod.

Er ikke hver som har kjent dem
mer rik enn de døde var –
for menn har hatt dem som venner
og barn har hatt dem til far.

De øket det livet de gikk fra.
De spøker i nye menn.
På deres grav skal skrives:
De beste blir alltid igjen.

–

Nordahl Grieg

Sofie Sörman : Vocals

Franco Piccinno : Piano

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The Hotel Le Lichen de la Mer has 17 rooms, and I have now tried three of them. I must say, not surprisingly, I liked the one with the big terrace the best. Having a private terrace with a view that takes your breath away for three nights was fantastic. Unfortunately that was not the room I had booked… The manager just kindly offered it to me since it was available for the first three nights. Then I had to move down to the first floor (to the room I had actually booked) for one night, only to be back on top in a nice room today with a very nice view from the window this time. It is a charming little hotel that, as mentioned, has a magnificent view of the ocean. Both the manager and the owner of the hotel have been most friendly and helpful during my stay.

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Oh, to be so lucky to have a little house with a sea view in Batz sur Mer…

MORE PHOTOS:

Beach shots                      Street shots                        The church of Saint-Guénolé

Description:

A man escapes the chaos of the modern city-world by zoning out and imagining that he has some kind of control over it.

Starring: Caspar Schjelbred
Directed, filmed and edited by: Jethro Massey

www.jethromassey.com

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The photographs show landscapes built of discarded objects which seem both familiar and strange. I found them to evoke an unsettling feeling of looking at something that I should recognize, without actually being able to. After a while I recognize fragments, but still I can´t really navigate through the landscape. I think the artist visualizes in a great way how objects transform to a different state when being discarded, but still stay the same. It is the context, state and location which make them difficult to recognize as the objects they once were. They exist in limbo between usefulness and end of life.

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The transition between the categories of useful objects (for example brick, tire, circuit board) and the collective category “trash” is decided by a complex combination of routines, social norms, material characteristics, state and function, technological and political development, but in the end it is the context and location that makes something “trash”.

Photo borrowed from Walsh Gallery

Photographed at Centre Pompidou

Photographed at Centre Pompidou

Photo borrowed from artnet

Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, an autonomous region in Spain. Catalonia has its own language, catalan, which is very different from spanish. Catalans have a very strong identity related to their history. During the dictatorship of general Franco, everything catalan was prohibited. After the fall of Franco democracy was reinstated and the catalan identity strengthened. Our guide told us that even if the history and the stories of struggles of the catalans are very old, people still feel strongly about their identity.

I decided to visit the city again sometime, but then in winter. It was difficult to see anything at Parque Güell due to the amount of people blocking the view. Those damned tourists… That is my plan for all those other big cities I would like to see. To go there off season. I hope I will remember…

die werfen dich

aus der Bahn.

Neue Geburt?

Emilie Fenchl

More photo´s here

This summer I made a trip to Andalucia in the South of Spain. I wanted to repeat the nice holiday I had in France last year, but this year in Spain. I pictured driving around the area discovering new places. Therefor I looked for acommodation a bit outside the most popular tourist areas. Both because I don´t particularly like these kinds of areas and because it is cheaper to stay outside of them mostly. This year I had four travel companions, four lovely chicas to acompany me. We landed in Málaga and drove about 40km north to a little village called Nerja where we had booked two rooms in the really cute little hostel Hostal don Peque. The hostel is owned and run by a french couple who had just packed up everything and gone to Nerja to create a new life. A second life as she told us. The stay was very nice, with rooms brightly decorated by Clara, the owner and roof top terrace breakfasts. The village was pretty with white houses and narrow streets. There are several beaches to choose from, some small and some medium. The view from the beach and towards the city is nice because there are no big hotel buildings close to the beach. Somewhat more of a tourist place than I had imagined though. One of the main attractions was the Cuevas de Nerja. The Nerja caves formed over 200 million years ago. They are described to be like an underground cathedral. There is a stage in the middle of it were they do opera and theatrical plays. I can imagine that to be very nice. It was interesting to visit the caves, but not really dazzling. I made some good photo´s though, look here.

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The next stop was Almunecar about 30km north of Nerja, where we had rented a little town house with a roof terrace for 10 days. The town is similar to Nerja in the old town, but has a larger more modern part which is not so pretty. The town seems to be a holiday place for the spanish which was nice. Our town house was situated in the old town on top of a hill close to an old castle which was quite picturesque. Unfortunately the beds were horrible with very old uncomfortable mattresses. My bed broke down the first night which made me really annoyed. I ended up sleeping on the mattress in the living room downstairs. I cannot understand how people can put so little pride into something. If someone pays to stay at your house the least you can do is offer some decent beds. Oh well, I guess I survived. The heat took away more energy than I had thought, and we didn´t get around to hiring a car until less than a week before we were going home. We made a trip to Alhambra in Granada, the 600 year old fortress built by the moorish rulers. It was my second time there. It is a magnificent place with unbelievable palaces and gardens. View some photo´s here. We also made a few trips to Malaga city. The Museo Picasso Málaga was great, absolutely worth a visit. The museum building was beautiful, modern, cool and airy. I particularly like his filigree pencil drawings like this one for example.

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More photo´s from Alhambra here

I didn´t get to to as much traveling around as I had imagined and the heat and the humidity was a bit above my level of comfort, but all in all it was a nice holiday. I might vote for France though if I had to make a choice. Still I think spring or autumn would be better seasons to visit Andalucia, and I´m sure I would have been more taken by it then.

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- Napoleon I

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We were to go on stage as late as 23:00, and were a bit worried about people leaving early, but as we went up there the place was even more packed with people than with the earlier bands. People were in a good mood, and our vocalist Linn Hege pushed them even higher with her special northern sense of humor.

We had so much fun, and people seemed to really enjoy our versions of Goldfrapp, PJ Harvey and Juliette and the Licks! They were even screaming for more as we went off the stage. The band is boosted with positive energy and meeting soon to plan the future. Keep tuned, more to come ;)