Work have me bogged down a bit lately, and I feel a bit stressed out by
the whole thing. Despite this, I've managed to squeeze in some hiking
last weekend, some reading and some photo-uploads!
The hiking trip last weekend were successful, even if me and my two
friends managed to get side-tracked and followed a completely different
trail than we originally intended. It turned out fine, and we found a
shelter with some firewood ready to be used, so we were lucky. The
original plan was to go through Tiveden's national park, which is a very
nice place, but we went in the completely opposite direction and ended
up by the shores of Vättern (which is also a very beautiful place, mind
you). I let this be a lesson that following trail-markings without any
kind of navigational support is dumb, and that a lot of trails use
orange as marker-color.
I've also continued reading the first book in the Dune-series. I was
intending to be done about now, but I haven't been able to get in as
much time as I hoped the last few weeks. I'm enjoying it so far though,
and I will continue to read it during the coming weeks.
I've also read some things in parallel. Most notably a word-list of
Captain Haddock from the Tin-Tin-series. He has a very distinct and
creative way of insulting people, and it prompts some creativity from
translators as well. The book was in Swedish, and focuses on the various
translations to Swedish throughout the years. It follows an already
established formula, since this kind of book already exists for various
other variations, including the French originals already. Interesting
little book that i enjoyed sifting through.
Recently I also started reading Ingmar Bergman's memoirs "Lanterna
Magica" in Swedish. I like Bergman's work for the most part, despite
his chaotic private life and affairs. Some of his film-work is a bit too
pretentious for me, but for the most part it's very good. In Sweden
Bergman is also known for his work at the city-theater in Stockholm,
where he was the head-honcho for a number of years. The book goes into
his strict upbringing as the son of a minister, and the various strange
and frightening experiences and characters that surrounded him in those
early years.
"Gränslandet" is another book that I read recently as well. It's a
combination of the paintings of a local artist (Lars Agger) and his
sister's (Ingela Agger) poetry that is based on the pictures. It's
pretty short, but was very enjoyable. I actually bought the book when
viewing his work in a local gallery. Common themes throughout the
pictures are a strange seaside town populated by various faceless
people, a big whale, a mother and her "America coffer" and her son.
Gorillas and various strange vehicles of his own design. In the gallery
you could view sculptures of these vehicles made by the artist too. A
cozy little piece.
Next up I think I will be re-visiting Lovecraft and Poe in vein of the
dark times that lies ahead of us. October is here in full force, and
it's soon to be dark as soon as I leave work. It's a fitting season to
read some classic horror-tales. The color out of space is a story I've
been longing to re-visit for some time, and I think that will be my
first piece. I never finished reading my anthology of Poe, so hopefully
I have some new discoveries to make there.
I've also finally scanned and updated my galleris on 158.nu, available
through both gemini and https. The index-pages of both my gemlog and
phlog is also updated with links for the curious. I will have to order
some new supplies for my future photographic endeavors, but I still have
some prints to scan, so maybe I will manage another update before I need
to return to the dark-room. I also have some ideas for new projects that
I will toy with.
