Great painter, tragic life

To be honest I'm not that updated in the world of art, but I have managed to learn something throughout the years my mum spent forcing me and my brother to different museums and exhibitions. To me it's not about who can paint the prettiest sunset or getting the details right. It'm more about an expression and being able to portrait a certain mood or an emotion. The norwegian painter Edvard Munch (I'm sure most people have seen his "Scream") has somehow managed to do that. Everytime I look at one of his pictures it really gives me a strong understanding of what he was trying to portrait painting it. When I lived in Oslo there was nothing better than spending a rainy sunday in the Munch museum. I know he is world famous and stuff, but I really think he is underestimated anyway. Most people have only seen one or two pictures of him. I've seen most of them and I think they all have the same standard. I really love his work. It's amazing how simple, but yet so difficult it can be to express something as simple as one single feeling with colours. If you haven't seen any of his stuff I'd recommend you to check it out. http://www.edvardmunch.com/

Quote of the day

"Perfect is boring."

Inspiration...?

Here's another piece made by my friend Åse.

"Mirror" by Sylvia Plath

I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.
What ever you see I swallow immediately
Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.
I am not cruel, only truthful---
The eye of a little god, four-cornered.
Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall. It is pink, with speckles. I have looked at it so long I think it is a part of my heart. But it flickers. Faces and darkness separate us over and over.

Now I am a lake. A woman bends over me,
Searching my reaches for what she really is. Then she turns to those liars, the candles or the moon. I see her back, and reflect it faithfully.
She rewards me with tears and an agitation of hands.
I am important to her. She comes and goes. Each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness.
In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman
Rises toward her day after day, like a terrible fish.

Quote of the day

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"

Mahatma Ghandi

The creative one - a source of inspiration

One of the persons in my life I consider to be in my inner circle is my fabulous friend Åse. We haven't acutally know eachother for that long, met at RFHS in 2005, but it feels like we've been friends for ages, and she is one of the few persons who knows everything there is to know about me. She is currently sutdying Art History at the university of Oslo, and is very inspirational and creative. She's been painting and creating art for a while now, and I have to say I'm quite proud of her:)

I <3 norwegian ELLE

People can say whatever they want, but I love reading glossy magazines. I buy at least 5 of them every month, and one of my favourites is the norwegian edition of ELLE. The magazines main target is norwegian women with a certain interest for style, beauty and fashion (of course) like any other glossy magazine, but their articles have something extra, something leaving you behind just wanting to read on and fall deeper into their fantstic world of fashion! And I share their idea of how a woman can read ELLE and love shopping, give money to charity AND be interested in politics. I don't like people who put me into a cathegory because I buy ELLE every month, or because I have a liberal political point of view. I don't think anyone fit into these stereotypes. I believe a woman can be a fashionista AND a politician at the same time. These interests are only two fragments that together with many other creates the person you are. HAH:)

Life-changing decisions? No thanks!

Sometimes life can get really difficult. Especially if you have a big lifechanging decision to make. There are som much you need to think through and evaluate to make sure you make the right choice. But is there always a right and a wrong decision?
I mean, no matter what you want in life, there's always something you chose not to do. If you chose to focus on your education in stead of settling down and getting a "safe job" right after high school, people wont blame you for making the wrong choice in life. But sometimes a decision can be right for one person, and totally wrong for another.
For instance, take my friend, Mari, who I went to high school with. She's getting married with her boyfriend in july this summer. She's only 21 years old, but totally convinced that it's the right thing to do. The weird thing is, I agree with her. If someone however would ask me when I plan to get married I'd probably start laughing or just say "I'm not sure if I ever will".
Mari and me have developed in two different directions since high school. None of them could be considered wrong. The society expect certain things of us today, and to be honest I feel the pressure. The media is pushing down the age-limit for when you have to reach success in life. All the time I hear girl my age saying they want to finish their masters, build a career, get married AND have children before they reach their 30s! Is this really a realistic goal?
I guess the answer to that is too individual to answer. What I do know is that the picture media often make, does not include everyone in the phrame. That's why I've decided that the wisest thing for me would be not to try to fit into it, because I never will, but to make my own phrame for the future.
Where do I see myself, and what do I want for myself? It's a difficult question to answer even without including other people's ecpectations of me. It will take time, and I'm going to get frustrated at several points, but I am certain that I can build the road in front of me as I'm walking it! I've chosen to focus on my career as I feel I'm ready to start study, and I don't feel ready at all to settle down with a husband and kids. And I've chosen to study Development Studies as I know it's a subject that I'm interested in, and at the same time it gives me a lot of options when it comes to jobs and my masters. When it comes to age-limit... well, I don't have one. I figure I'll take my time, and everything else will come to me eventually, when I'm ready:)

Joni Mitchell - singer, songwriter, painter

One of my absolute favourite artists is the legendary songwriter Joni Mitchell. Her lyrics are so beautiful, and really refelcts a realistic image of how life can turn out sometimes. I think it's a combination of good lyrics and relaxing and harmonic melodies that have made people continously buying her music. If you haven't heard her yet you should check out some of her songs. I'd recommend "Send in the clowns", "Woodstock" and "Both Sides Now". If you like her music you should also browse through http://jonimitchell.com/ to learn more about this woman and her work!

University of East Anglia

The university I've been accepted to in England is University of East Anglia, or just UEA as most people like to call it. I'v never actually visited the campus, but I've talked to a lot of norwegian alumnis who all recommend it. It's located in Norfolk, by the ocean, about an hour outside of London. There are about 14 000 other students who go there, and 2000 of them are international students like me:) I've been accepted to their School of Development Studies, on a course called International Development with Overseas Experience. Basically it's regular Development Studies (Utviklingsstudier on norwegian) with one semester overseas at a different uni or working as an intern for an organization.

Quote of the day

"Never say no to an experience"

I <3 Sienna Miller

Celebrity bloggers can write whatever they want, but I still LOVE Sienna Miller and her fantastic style. Her style is individual and not like everyone elses. She also wears second hand and vintage, and can really pull off mis-matching! Who are the bloggers to judge her anyway? Like PerezHilton haven't been around the block. Fuckings Paris Hilton- groupie...

Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain

If you haven't seen it yet... you just have to watch it!

Norwegian streetstyle

One of the websites I visit daily is the norwegian streetstyle site http://www.oslostil.com/

"Oslostil aims to show that style inspiration can be found on the streets as well as in expensive glossy magazines. We think that the best interpretations of contemporary fashion are done by ordinary people, and we like to think that what we document on these pages is something that in the future will be seen as the looks of the early 21st century. "

Definitely worth looking into:)

There's a first time for everything

So it's finally happening. I've managed to createmy very own blog! To be honest I'm not very updated when it comes to blogging, and I'm not really sure what's normal, and what's not normal to write about. But I figure it will come to me eventually.
Anyway, this is my very own site, and I plan to write about everyday things in my life. Mostly to update people (not that it's THAT exciting and important) but also to create a more resonable hobby for myself besides sneaking around on Myspace and Facebook! So welcome to my world:)