Author: Caroline Bach
Put it in a box
All these beautiful and amazing people that I meet, get to know, spend a lot of time with.. and then have to leave. I am only now realizing that my time in Copenhagen soon is ending, at least for now.
As every time, nostalgia kicks in and I realize how fast things change, how much I’ve learnt and how I will be missing many parts of it.
The importance and value of what I am doing and have experienced before is relative and sometimes questioned. There will always be that one person telling you that you could have done things differently or should have expected more from something. Sometimes that person is you, sometimes somebody external. Whoever it is, it is worth remembering that disappointment isn’t what your choices deserve as they are originally yours and deserve to be loved for what they have taught you. It might seem like a naïve approach, but it allows to in a constructive way appreciate those very significant lessons, details, memories and insights that always will be yours to keep and use. And that also will help to guide future choices.
What I wanted to say is that I’m listening to the wonders of Brian Eno while packing my bags to go abroad for the holidays. I am not leaving Copenhagen yet, I will come back in January so there is still lots of time to appreciate and enjoy. Both this wonderful city and the unique people that I spend my days with here.
What is ending, however, is the year. And once again, it’s been an amazing one and I have both learnt and enjoyed tons. The person who keeps insisting on trying to convince me otherwise will from now on be kindly asked to take their annoyingly negative mindset and put it in a box.
Sparkling weekend
It’s been a sparkling weekend. My girls came over from Sweden and we hugged at my place and later danced on confetti-covered floors. The Malmögirls went back home on Saturday and left me here with my wife, Tigerlily. We decided to repeat our adventure from Barcelona and got ourselves two identical wigs. Then we went to Christmas Distortion and danced all night in a huge warehouse somewhere in the outskirts of Copenhagen. A perfect weekend and the most awesome of contrasts to what I did last week. Thank you ladies, thank you Juledistortion.
I wish Copenhagen Distortion was a year-round party, I won’t be here in May.. but if you’re anywhere close by – don’t miss it!!
Saudade
Cesária Évora – Saudade
I discovered the deep and enchanting voice of Cesária Évora when I first heard her sing together with the Polish singer Kayah in the song Embarcacao. The barefoot diva, as the Cape Verdean morna singer was nicknamed, has always been a good companion for candlelit evenings with red wine. She was also one of the World Food Programmes goodwill ambassadors and I’m listening to her today, as I found out that she has died, 70 years old.
Cesária Évora & Kayah – Embarcacao
Because it’s what we do.
Juledistortion!
Hippie weekend pt. 1: Ashes and Snow
Today was the second day of my new concept that I call hippie weekend. It started off by itself yesterday as me and my housemate cleaned the entire apartment when I got back from work. We removed some furniture and things that were in the way, played beautiful music and spent time talking while she lit a piece of palo santo, which is a type of wood from South America that filled our apartment with a beautiful and very soothing scent just perfectly in time for going to sleep. Right there I decided that I wouldn’t go to Malmö for the weekend as planned, I needed some rest, taking it easy and just being. No studies, no errands, no nada. So today after work, instead of packing, stressing and crossing a bridge, I watched a movie.
My housemate is awesome in many ways, and this recommendation is a simple way of proving that. She showed me her DVD of Gregory Colbert’s Ashes and Snow yesterday, telling me that I would love it. With my already well established obsession for scenery, nature and photography, this film really did hit me hard. It’s an amazing piece of art showing people and animals in perfect harmony and watching it in my voluntary solitude was pure bliss.
“When I started Ashes and Snow in 1992, I set out to explore the relationship between man and animals from the inside out. In discovering the shared language and poetic sensibilities of all animals, I am working towards restoring the common ground that once existed when people lived in harmony with animals.”
Gregory Colbert
The video above shows Colbert’s world famous exhibition, some parts from a film about orangutans and a lot of short clips from Ashes and Snow. The movie is just as simple as it looks, amazing angles, brilliant details, and music. Just that, and sometimes the voice of Colbert talking about elephants and dreams that I chose not to put too much attention to. I was absorbing the visuals and the music, simple and incredibly powerful, all in sepia.
Tomorrow I will do my best to continue filling these days with beautiful things. Let’s see what hippie weekend has in store. haha
Goodnight.
It’s on.
.ink
All will prosper
I love it when I randomly feel like listening to an artist and then discover that there is a brand new release out there, waiting to be explored. Goldmund’s latest addition to my world seems just as enchanting as his previous albums. This one is for long flights, beautiful nights and colourful dreaming. Enjoy.
Goldmund – Shenandoah
All will prosper (2011)