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soundtrack: young folks

At school this week: a very serious art project (above). End result will be a poster. All the other school deadlines are piled on top of each other and I have to get all the work done in the next six or seven days. I wonder why I don’t feel more stressed out. I plan to make cupcakes and work-work-work all weekend.

I love this time of year, the darkness feeling much warmer than the constant rainy gray. Soon it’s completely dark at four in the afternoon, perfect to come home and wrap up for a little nap. Or, like yesterday, sitting at a candlelit cafe table with a friend, watching people rushing by… And after talking for ages we went to see the Stockmann Christmas display windows… both all excited like little kids.

Today when I woke up there was snow.

(some Vilnius pics up.)

listening: kt tunstall-someday soon, feeling quiet.

I think it’s time to put myself away
Seek out a little silence
Close the doors and sit a while
Walk a little

I’ve been feeling quiet.

Tomorrow is buy nothing day. Here’s some hints on how to spend the day. My family is also doing buy nothing Christmas, or something pretty close to it.

P.S. Also addicted to Sad Song, by Room Eleven. Hope to see them play sometime.

Blue, naturally. And black, no sugar. How about you?

Today I <3:
A parcel from Amazon, Marieke’s cool businesscards (we swapped), this sticky tape (want!), this movie I really want to see (the main character becomes a vegan), candles I am lighting because it’s so cold and dark.

Greetings from Lithuania! Vilnius was very cold, kind of grey, and… different. But an experience nevertheless. After spending time at the local art academy I am even more thankful for everything about my own school TAIK: computers, workspace, teaching… well, pretty much everything.

We had a weeklong workshop with the local students; a group project. My classmate Mirka and I got to work with lithuanian Rokas, and it went well, considering the language barrier and all. But it was a reality check in terms of how difficult it really is to be, work and interact in a foreign country - considering my plans to study abroad. Of course it would get easier with time.

Now I am happy to be at home, sleep in my own bed, check up all the mail and catch up on blogs (and sleep). I will try to post some photos of the trip soon.

A while ago (actually in the end of summer) I designed a Christmas card for the finnish branch of Amnesty International. Here’s a better look. It is now available here, but I am not sure if you can buy it abroad…

Today while packing I realised I usually travel in the summer and that wool jumpers take a lot of space! We leave for Lithuania tomorrow morning and come back the next Saturday. I am a bit nervous about the vegan food situation and whether or not I want to kill my classmates after seven days… but I intend to take a lot of pictures and eat at the Balti Drambliai (white elephant).

I am also taking my moleskine and hopefully be inspired to do some drawing. I’ve been so tired lately, having colds and allergy attacks, that all creativeness has gone out the window. But travel is always good.

take care <3

Today I got overcaffeinated and wrecked a new moleskine.

I’ve been wallowing in one of those crises I so dismiss. I don’t like anything I draw or make. I want to scrap everything old and start again. My pens and paints are gathering dust. I don’t want to work… can’t. But I need it, badly. I may not always like drawing or making “art” but I can’t get around it. It’s like flossing or stretching. You feel good afterwards. (this still holds.)

If nothing else, I am going to wreck some pages.

Psst. I’ve got ffffound. Yay for inspiration!