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Spring Approach

 

Morning, Noon & Night

 

Raumanmeri 10.-11.8.

Satumaa

 Raumanmeri 15.-16.6.
Land of Fairy tale tango Satumaa

Cease, O waterfall, thy foaming!

 

I have always lived near water. 

I like the rivers and lakes

but

I LOVE the sea

 ...

 UNDERWATER life / love

is the theme of this week´s drawing challence, hosted by dear Julia, thank you for the charming theme!
Via Julia´s blog you may see all the wonderful participants of the week.
I am going to -
guess where..
 ..well to the sea  ( in spite of the chilly weather and flu )
That is why I am sorry  not to visit your blogs until the Sunday evening, see you then!

 ...

Some years ago I made works based on the Finnish national saga, Kalevala. 

I became charmed by the rune 40, Birth of the Harp. 

Väinämöinen -  a shamanistic and  pretty bombastic hero -   cuts a giant pike in two and
makes a harp ( =kantele)  out of the fish bones. 

 

This rune is about men of the Northland

but there are also many unique, strong, characteristic women in the saga. 

This rune is also about water - into and out of the water.

pike tail, 90 x 116cm, oil on canvas

(Väinämöinen) ..Cuts the monster into pieces;
To the water falls the pike-tail,
To the ship the head and body;
Easily the ship moves onward.

 

 

Goodly Dinner, 70 x 70cm, oil on canvas

"Let the youngest of the maidens
Cook for me the pike of Northland,
Set for me a goodly dinner!"

jawbone of the pike,116 x 90cm, oil on canvas

Whence the necessary harp-pins?
From the pike-teeth firmly fastened.
Whence the sweetly singing harp-strings?
From the tail of Lempo's stallion.
Thus was born the harp of magic
From the mighty pike of Northland,
From the relies from the feasting
Of the heroes of Wainola.

...   

The Kalevala is the national saga of Finland. Pieced together (and embellished) by Elias Lönnrot in the late 19th Century, from a traditional cycle told by rural storytellers, the tales which constitute the Kalevala show signs of great antiquity.--J. B. Hare

Väinämöinen is the central character of The Kalevala, a shamanistic  hero with a magical power of song and music, similar to that of Orpheus.  Väinämöinen created and plays the kantele, a Finnish stringed instrument that resembles and is played like a zither.

All about the Kalevala

Maalla ja Merellä / Fields and Sea

 

 

Vapunpäivä merellä: kaukana huiskut ja serpentiinit,
lähellä linnut ja korkea taivas, mielenrauhan tyyssija..

Ja matkalla ihmettelin ruskean sävyjä ja ujoa  haaleanvihreää,
joka arkaillen pilkisti esiin siellä täällä.

 

I did not celebrate 1st May (more about this Finnish vappu carnival see here )
Instead we drove to Rauma and begun the boating and summer cabin season by the sea.
On the way there could be seen many shades of brown with very little light green here and there.
And the sea: as charming, lively and bright as always. It is the place of the peace of mind.

Valmistautumist

Raumanmeri 15.-16.10.

Mää en lakka ihmettelemäst tota piäne piänt, sisukast mäntty:
see kasva jo tiäs kui monet vuoatt suara
kivitarassi ravost .
Samast kaverist ol juttu jo sillo ko olin tämä bloggamise juur alottannu ja siit o pari vuatt -
klikka ensmäsest linkist nii näes omi silmi.

Ja täsä ny sit olla, mänty o ja pysy ja mää kirjota ja kuva niinko ennenki.
Marraskuu  o eres ja se saa  mu epätoivo valtta, ko valo loppu melkke kokonas.
Mut ennenki o selvitt ja kyl mää se läpitte mene tänäki vuan.
Mää koita kerät kaikki varastoihi näit lokakuissi  ruskavärei.
Viikolopuiks o kans tiados kaikke kiva tekemist.
Vaikk ens viikoloppun laiteta paika mökil reera talve vartte ja nosteta paatt.
See o ain yht haikkia.

Real life surrealism

Sea Of Love

I am prepairing for the grey and dark November and admire the light and colors of October. 

I also keep wondering how the little tree is growing on a stone terrace. 

It has been there for several years now. See the first link.

On the Road

Tampere-Rauma-Tampere

Tervehdin aurinkoa

Hello sun, nice to see you!

One year ago this wonderful group performed for me:

Pushkin Quintett