Austmarka | minus 3 degrees | fog + snow
have lost
a day
somewhere
think it involved,
looking at my
photos,
a late afternoon walk
as the sun went down
in a forest
of iced
christmas trees
not much
happens here
day to day
the point
of the blog,
in a way,
was to have
a daily task
to prevent
excessive
introspection
to pay attention
to notice
and record
but it’s
tricky
trying to find
something
new to notice
every day
the fog hovers
overhead
all day
at the shop
the manager
shows me
his special offers
risgrøt – rice pud
spekeskinke – ham
julepølse – christmas sausage
settle for eggs
and satsumas
follow the river
up to
the frozen lake
the ice
nudges the shore
in broad scoops
like those in
Munch’s prints of
figurers on the shore
right near the edge
is the sauna
that burnt down
last year
re-built
it opens
once a month
we are
welcome
to strip off
get sweaty
and jump
in the lake
too awkward
too hypothermic
anyway….
back at the studio
SD card is full
and lap top
slips to the floor
causing the screen
to break inside
a black wedge shape
appears in the corner
plus stripes
and flickering
but it works
then get a message
saying
it’s full
too many photos
too much film
too much stuff
prune and pare
file and archive
until
there’s a
tiny bit
of space left
to carry on
good news
tho’
permission granted
to photograph + film
Arne Korsmo’s
modernist villa
in Oslo
book 2 nights
instead of one
in the city …
the Norwegian artist
kindly lists
galleries and museums
to visit
tells me
queen sonja (of Norway)
is a painter!
but was told
to give up
when she asked
Jakob Weidemann,
well known
abstract painter
to teach her
Warhol did
her portrait
work on
the video
takes all afternoon
to align
2 clips
side by side
of jet black
flowing water
one flowing up
one down
not sure what
else to add
am happy with that…
have 100’s
of clips/photos
of trees and lakes
frosted stuff and forests
rippling reflections
but like the
water best
turned
upside down
sideways
flowing the
wrong way
it’s nature
is the same
but it becomes
something else
all
this landscapey
stuff tho’
is tricky – well covered
this site specific way
of working
of thinking
means looking
behind the scenes
under the carpet
in the shadows
searching for clues
for a way in
