Valtari Mystery Film Competition

The voting is happening now! More than 100 videos has been handed in for Sigur Rós' music video competition. They will choose their favourite, and so can you! Go to talenthouse.com and check them all out, there's a lot of them so enjoy! Or just check out one of my favourites here byRuslan Fedotow. He chose the beautiful track Dauõalogn and made this story out of it:

Sigur Rós and the Valtari Mystery Film Competition

Sigur Rós' Ekki múkk from their last album (2012) Valtari. You're allowed to dissolve into this on a rainy day like this one (Oslo).

Sigur Rós - Ekki múkk from Sigur Rós on Vimeo.

Valtari Mystery Film Competition

Sigur Rós invited film makers and video directors to make a video for any of the tracks on their album Valtari. Designer Eric Rohter has made one of them. The public can also vote for their favourite, which is supposed to happen today, so stay tuned. 

New era: The XX sharing their new album online

The music we know, it's simple, intelligent and sensual. The beat goes straight into the chest, heart and stops the mind stream for a few seconds. So have a little brake and enjoy, and check out the beautiful visualization of the sharing of this album.

Inspiring about courage and creative confidence

David Kelley talk on TED

The power of expression

Half an hour after my last post and I'm feeling crazy much better. I bow to the power of expression. And it hit me, I'm trying to do what I used to do in other places I've lived and spent time. I'm trying to keep certain energies and habits I loved. What I need to is to let go, maybe even have a ceremony of this. Out with the old, in with the new. I'm practicing yoga to music suddenly, it's new, it's possible and fresh. Why not!? I remember an old female yoga teacher that spoke at a yoga festival at Angsbacka a few years ago, she said yoga is organic, it's about your body, forget the "system", forget the rules. She was kicked out of her yoga group, but founded her own. When a routine feels wrong, feel the pose, feel yourself, move according to your body and embrace the presence. Which makes me think of my favorite question that always gives me a kick "how does your body wants to move?".

And here's a song to get you moving!

Unease

It's nice reading old posts, about enthusiasm for life, feeling at home in Melbourne. Those posts are quite old now, about a year and a half have past. Just now I was supposed to do yoga. It's Sunday morning, a beautiful morning. Though I feel far away from the beauty, far away from the morning. I couldn't practice. Too much clutter on my mind. Way too much stuff around. Maybe it's time for a ever so little journey to the mountains, clear my thoughts and create space for yoga and meditation. Then I'm thinking, while sipping tea, what does that mean? Will I not be able to live in the city again? In an apartment beyond ground floor? At least it will be my place, not borrowed, not temporary like this. However I'm curious. I'm not sure where my home is. I've always thought that home is within myself. This felt right while travelling, while living so far away. Then coming home, I feel my inner home is leaving me. Is this because the home here and my home are trying to make friends, or am I losing the home I have created over the years? This home here is quite strong, beautiful too, I'm just not sure if it fits anymore. I'm remembering another borrowed home, in Italy, how beautiful it was, how open it was. Open for anything I felt. This feeling would be amazing to create again. Being close to nature, feeling that outside and inside are almost the same. In, out, in, out. There's a notion of freedom just there.

I am seeking freedom,at the same time I'm applying for work. Is this a contradiction? I'm contemplation on doing freelance work again. I mean it's in the name. Many thoughts around it, but why not try!? Why not try it all! I just need a challenge I think, my my brain tired and crazy so the body too can relax on a Sunday morning. 

Another year, a master degree and a tonn of experiences after

I've been meant to write for a few days now, maybe a few weeks even. There's a lot to share, to process and a few things to throw up and never touch again. Cleansing. Again my time spent in India was a deep cleansing of body and soul. And after a clean up we all know the body is fragile, sensitive, the mind and heart open and optimistic. Boom; home, people, friends, family, society, duties, expectations, life.. What is life? This life here? Work, summer, bad weather, catching up, running, Internet, weekends, enjoying days off, newspapers, festivals. Is there room for more? Some days I love it, others I want to flee. I'm daydreaming about my life in the mountains of Bhagsu, Dharamsala. Waking up, walking down the mountain path to the yoga hut. Love, compassion, peace and practice. Eating breakfast alone, with my lover or meeting friends along the path. Feeling connected, free. The day is free. I go where I go because I choose to, because my gut tells me to. I eat what is good for me. I meet people I should meet. There's something truly special when you let go. When you allow the universe to guide you, to help you and bring you what you need. You learn to communicate this, trust this and then live this. Living in a normal society among all these people I suddenly feel lonely. Our society is so isolated. We are all so narrow always with a plan in mind, we go shopping, or we are with a friend or we are with work people having lunch. Most things need a label, a box with frames, an intention and therefore restrictions. This makes us closed off from the universe, from the collective life.