In the news
recently read about the election of Austria new leadership. I read the day before that the bad man
won so then I felt surprised and glad that it was not so the day after. So close between the rightwing
Norbert Hofer and an environmentalist Alexander Van Der Bellen. Alas, nature won over the strong
opinions from an angry man(and also almost 50% of the voters)
The article about the election in Austria tells me that two other European countries has a extrem
right leadership already, which is something to worry about. If you didn't care before I mean,
connected to this is the man whom visited Stockholm ten days ago, a man that has a lot to say about
the human society For me other news is Zygmunt Bauman, 91years old, is still alive,
a short interview is available on SVT (Swedish television), I so could have been listening to him IRL
if I wasn't jetlagged from the Berlin trip and happy to be home in the garden that sunday. I could go
on and on about how beautiful that city was and also filled with heavy memorabilia from the war, but
also green and bohemia that like vegan and bio-markets, its more to choose from that in Stockholm,
ecological and arts, picnic in the park. I've
seen the remains of the Wall that has so many songs written about it from like the Who, Bowie, Ebba
Grön to name a few. I left Berlin with memos from contemporary art and In the Hauptbahnhof museo
there was a video room where Cate Blanchett played 13 different characters that were synched in
moments, called Manifesto, I visited with my mates the site, Teufelsberg were some scenes had
been recorded with a view over Berlin. It was amazing abandoned but still entrance fee and graffiti
all over the place... [insert pictures here/link to album]
The old man that is Zygmunt tells about how evil has spread into society more broad then before,
and how technology has changed our society. His english speaking voice reminds me of
that of Count Dracula in Bram Stokers Dracula(1991), the way Gary Oldman talks.
To look at the swedish society shows really how things
are with a computerized wealthy place how the nature of sociability has become less and
more people are more stressed out and sure we are more connected online with cellphones
but at the same time more unavailable because of it.
He talked about power and politics. Power means make things done. The politics are there for to
decide what to be done. No one is in control. Things happen randomly.
What will the future be? There is always hope. Hope, yeah.
I like that the green party, the environmentalist won in Austria. There is still hope of a better future.
Folklore: yesterday I read that Loki(Loke/Lodur) was the one that named Saturday/Lördag in
Swedish/northern society before the Christianity decided to change it. They kept the holy beings of
Sun(Sol), Moon(Måne), Tyr, Oden, Tor and Feja as naming the weekdays.
So it was OK to have the warrior God Tyr, God of wisdom and death Odin, God of Thunder and
Freja - the godess of love for friday but no to Loki, the giant creative/destructive (also most human
force) because the day in the roman calendar was Saturnus, so close to satan.
The church had a meeting the year 1153 in Nidaros and decided to change what for the priesthood
sounded like a satanic Lodursday to Laugardagen (a washing up/holy water day) for it to sound
alike. So what was taught in school was a lie. The Seventh day is no longer bathing day
it is Loki day.
I wonder how much more little lies there are written in books. I dare not think about it.
No one is in control...
but the people voted Ukraine to win ESC2016.
"I could not spend my youth there
Because you took away my land
I couldn't have my homeland"
translation of the difficult crimean tartar refrain
words the story of the singers aunt/ or grandma?
and it is not political? It resonated with many anyhow.
