Emotions and addictions

If loving somebody is selfish, if it is a feeling we voluntarily choose to surrender to with the main intention of being able to enjoy being intoxicated by love – a subconscious conclusion for some might be that it in the end doesn’t really matter who the person you choose to give your love to is. As long as there is some kind of attraction and mutual understanding.

So, then, when this person suddenly leaves you in one way or another. Do you cry about the loss of your drug, about being without that feeling, kind of like the way you enjoy crying when watching a sad movie? Or is it actually that one beloved person, the individual with all the qualities and random peculiarities, that you miss?

I mean, if you really think about it, would love me for us, or just for yourself?

Together for the Kids!

With the help of all the people that donated at the exhibition, ordered photos, bought things through the webpage and sent smses, I managed to collect 12.585kr (1345€) for the kids of the world, through my account at Unicef.

Thank you everybody, this is a beautiful result and we did it together – for the kids!  – Tillsammans för Kidsen!

This was a project where I mainly focused on the situation and reality of the children in India through my photography and the photo exhibition that was held in december, the money raised will however go to kids all over the world – and more help and attention is always needed. In other words – the fundraising continues. The account stays open and there is always a possibility to contribute in many ways. The easiest being by sending an sms from a Swedish mobile to 72 900 where you write KÄMPA KIDS.

Tomorrow I’m jumping onto my flight to Barcelona and I’m hoping that the flight attendants at Spanair will let me bring my home-made box with the photos onto the flight.. I’m bringing some of my kids along, their reality deserves to be displayed and acknowledged in more places.. let’s see what happens.

But first… let’s dance!

Selfish Joy

“Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one’s own values in the person of another. One gains a profoundly personal, selfish joy from the mere existence of the person one loves. It is one’s own personal, selfish happiness that one seeks, earns, and derives from love.”

Ayn Rand
The Virtue of Selfishness (1964)

Ninjas

Barcelona really does inspire. It’s those little details I always have been nagging about.. the details and the contrasts that I look for. Barcelona gives me an euphoric overdose of all that and I imagine myself walking around for hours with my camera – very soon! I can’t wait to live there and be able to call Barcelona my city. As I said some time ago, I would easily move to Rio de Janeiro if they only spoke Spanish – and Barcelona is my mini-Rio. It’s the closest I have come to find a city like Rio – and it’s in Europe = free healthcare, baby! haha

Lazytimes

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I haven’t been feeling well the last two days but I still can’t seem to find the time to relax, there’s always some email to send, phonecall to make or paper to write.. My to do list is struggling against facebook and interesting news.. and none of it makes me feel any better.

“Girl, you’re sick! It’s okay to just do nothing sometimes. Watch tv! Or at least read a book or something, relax!”

Thank you Josie, I’ll let you win this time and leave the rest of my errands for tomorrow – it’s officially non-research-related reading time..

Ernest Hemingway – For Whom The Bell Tolls (1941)

Looking forward to the timetravel, I hope it’s a good one, ciao.

Nude text

picture: xkcd.com

Dina läppar söker mina och dina ögon släpper mig inte med blicken och då orden inte räcker fram, intet längre betyder – älskar vi. Du biter mig och kysser mig och håller i mig så hårt att jag ska slippa tänka på något annat. Mina händer är vilda och jag ser på dem som vore de någon annans. Vi älskar varandra till vansinne. Täcket över våra huvuden ska skydda oss mot världen, det tror vi. Våra kyssar ska kväva den sorg vi bär på, det tror vi. Vi tror det. Medan mörkret äter våra kroppar så tror jag det. Jag trodde det. Jag trodde det uppriktigt. Med dig, med dig vet jag inte längre..

Barbara Voors – Älskade du (1990)

It’s been almost 4 years since I last quoted Barbara Voors. I found my old blog which brought me back to moments I had forgotten to love, and lovestories I had chosen to forget the essense of.

There they are, all hidden where nobody can find them, embedded in naked text and poems, cheesy little metaphors and codes that only I know how to decipher completely. I miss the nudity of my writing, the absurd level of self-disclosure that I used to entertain myself with. The part of having an audience makes it all different, much more interesting and more beautiful than just writing a personal diary, it forced me to somehow write in code. Even if it in the end was naked and open enough to be banned from my current public life..

Now I’m here, posting clean little updates, photos and music, and sometimes some heavily coded little line for myself. No nakedness, no vulnerability, no cheesy pretentiousness. It’s still me, but in a more clean version, a covered one. I miss the nakedness but it most probably wont be back for a while. The general audience has no mercy so I am keeping my metaphors and nudity to myself.

Good night

Casio & iPod

The preparations before a big trip are so much fun, I love my lists of what I need to pack, buy and do before leaving.. and this part, the putting new and awesome unexplored music in my ipod – is one of my absolute favourite ones! I’m really looking forward to the flight and all the sound-candy I will get to enjoy.

I have been wearing my travel-watch for four days now.. my friends know what it means and it’s usually a sort of a mental indicator for me that I am leaving soon, however, this time it still feels quite distant.. let me tell you one thing – it’s not! :)

Anyways, here’s some new awesomeness for you, music!


Grum – The really long one
Heartbeats (2010)

Lovely planet

La Paz, 2008

‘Hey, you have the Lonely People!’
‘Sorry, the what?’
‘That book, it’s like the bible for people that travel alone. You just take it out of your bag and it instantly attracts other lonely people!’
‘Haha, I guess you’re right. I don’t like the hype around it but it’s still unbeatable when it comes to having all the timetables, information and good deals on hostels in one place. And sure, I do travel alone most of the times, however I couldn’t say I’m ever lonely when I travel!’
‘Touché! That’s true, let’s call it the lovely planet then, with lovely people!’
‘Cheesy enough, I like it! Haha, I’m Caroline, nice to meet you.’
‘I’m Dan, did you try the juices around the corner?’
‘Not yet, should I?’
‘Well, they are freshly squeezed by really nice old ladies and you get to choose just about any fruit you want.. they cost 30cents.. and they come in a plastic bag with a straw!’
‘Sounds perfect, are you joining?’
‘For Bolivian juice? Always!’
‘Great, let’s go!’

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Time to grow.

So my ambitions might be a bit overwhelming. I’m a time optimist. And a perfectionist. And I feel the urgent need to be in complete control of anything that concerns me as a person. And to do things. These are heavy burdens, but also my main drive. I love the hype when things are difficult.

I popped an idea in the right place and now I’m in complete charge of something bigger than me. I’ve never done this before, but it’s more me than anything I have done before, getting the opportunity to connect my main passions, interests and concerns like this is a bit overwhelming at this point, but I guess this means this is the right time to grow, focus and enjoy!