My feet and me: Stöcksjö

Brunelleschi and Van Eyck

I have learned two curious things today:

- The architect Filippo Brunelleschi was the first to discover the mathematical basis of perpective? He lived  between 1377-1446 and was one of the main figures of the early Renaissance . He finished Il Duomo in Florence.

- The painter Jan Van Ecyk discover that mixing the pigments with oil (oil painting) instead of egg (tempera) allowed him to paint more slowly (as it needs more time to get dry) and could produce transparnt colors which could be superimposed to created new cromatic variants.

My feet and me: Paris

Paris, Centre Pompidou, end of May 2009:

And exposition to visit...Amazing colors...I was captivated by Kandinsky!

My feet & me...

               ...in Nydala sjön last weekend...

...sunbathing in Umeå city centre today...

And the reason for...

not writing so much this time is because I am preparing everything to go on a 15 days trip with scale in France and Spain for work but also to see some friends and family.

The good times in Umeå have started, the days are very long, with very special colors on the afternoons, it s warm, and sunny most of the time. It is the good time to come and visit me...

The garden season has also started and on saturday we´ll start cleaning the plot, and sowing the salads, peas, radish, flowers and maybe potatoes...Fun, a lot of fun, fika, friends, sun, heaven...

Otherwise a lot of work, science, a poster to write, a paper to think about, some experiments to finish, neverending "things to do" list...Life is moving fast, very fast, faster than my thoughts...the world is turning around and I dont realise...People come and go from my life...Hope some of them stay...to make this trip nicer...more stable...safer...joyful...Heaven.

Sleepless

Why I am sleepy when it is no time to go to sleep and I am so active when it is time to go to bed? Waiting for something coming from the space...

Valborg night

Today Valborg is celebrated in Sweden. As far as I know the Valborg day is celebrating the end of the winter, the arrival of the good weather, the sun and the come back of the endless days of the nordic summer. 

In the campus, they light a "big" fire and people meet around the fire (specially because it is not so warm still).  The fire was not so impressive for someone coming from Valencia but still was nice to see so many people (it is not so often the case in Umeå). Ten degrees more and I would have stayed for the party around the fire. Here I show a picture I took several hours ago in the Umeå University Campus. 

Marit Bergman in Umeå

I was on Sunday to the concert of Marit Bergman in Umeå. I really liked it, it was only her, her voice and her piano, nice songs, a bit sad sometimes, a lot of love and death songs, but with a lot of feeling on them. She sing also "Du kanske var på holmön" with Anika Norlin (Säkert, Hello Saferide) and another song with the singer for Deportees. Nice duos also. 

I post here a video from one of her songs that meant something special for me because it made me think about my sister...I will always be your soldier...

The reggae bus driver

I love the reggae bus chauffören...

He brings us home back to ålidhem in the swedish nights with nice reggae music that warms you and keeps you in a good mood for the way home. Thanks a lot! It was the best way of finishing the night! He plays music, he switchs off the lights, and none will think that we are in Northern Sweden...One of this surprising things of Umeå  :))))

Soundtrack for a return night

Hej,

I am back in Sweden, just arrived, some hours ago after a good holiday, my eyes full this light I miss so much and my soul still warm from being surrounded by the family...

And Evripidis and his tragedies has put the soundtrack of this my return night. I received their CD as a gift from Fikasound (thanks!) and I discover the song Abroad which could not fit better with the circumstances...Here are the lyrics so you can know what I am talking about and you can also sing with me...

"Abroad" by Evripidis and his tragedies I'm wasting my time on long distance phonecalls / I'm wasting my money in internet cafes / I miss my family I miss my friends but I can't go back / I'm not ready yet / I'm wasting my time on long distance phonecalls / I'm wasting my money in internet cafes / I miss my family I miss my friends but I can't go back... / I'm not ready yet my mother's hair is turning white and I'm not there / my father's getting older too and I'm not there / my sister wins and loses races / my uncle's dying and I'm not there to say goodbye my friends are moving in and out of flats and 'm not there / my friends are falling in and out of love and 'm not there / my friends are getting married / will I be there to celebrate with them? my friends are having nervous breakdowns / and I'm not there / my friends are falling apart and I'm not there / my friends are trying to kill themselves / and I'm not there to say " don't do it! / 'cause I need you, what would I do without you?" everytime I go back / we pretend nothing's changed / besides the fun there is a ghost lingering between us / we adore each other but I'm not part of their everyday lives no more / and they are not part of mine / in a new town in a new scene, / with a whola lotte brand new things to do / my new friends are so brilliant they almost made me forget / but how could I ever forget, how could I ever forget you? so I'm wasting my time on long distance phonecalls, / I'm wasting my money in internet cafes / I miss my family I miss my friends but I can't go back... / I'm not ready yet / I'm wasting my time on long distance phonecalls / I'm wasting my money in internet cafes / I miss my family I miss my friends but I can't go back / I'm not ready yet to join the army / I miss my family I miss my friends but I can't go back / I'm not ready yet to settle down, I want to run around / I miss my family I miss my friends but I can't go back / I'd rather stay a little bit more abroad...abroad / but I miss my family and I miss my friends.