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Neigbourhood graffiti by unknown human being. Thanks, I enjoy it daily. That is sooo hard.. Don't talk about it, be about it .   I truly admire people doing that - or being that. Dedicated. Being something. Not just during workinghours, but being and living it. Waking up in the morning being that person. Being a musician, a priest, a writer, a husband, a birdwatcher, a gardener, a traveller..being just that all your hours - and loving it.  That is what life should be about. Not wanting to stop working because that job is not a job, it's what you are and want you seek to do every single second of the day. That does't mean you don't have to work hard. You do. The difference being it doesn't feel like work. It feels like fun. Like blogging, perhaps?  I know people being , but not being able to make it into a living (not enough being?), and they work as a mailman in the mornings and play the drums in a band at night. Paint stunning portraits during the da...

Photo: K.Udland PMS, vannhode, Alzheimer og menopause Jeg har lekt med fenomenet PMS og trukket linjer fra PMS til hydrocephalus (tidligere: vannhode) og Alzheimers syndrom. Hva er det som egentlig skjer med oss kvinner i denne perioden? Hva bør vi vite og hva bør våre kjære være forberedt på månedlig? Hva har skaperverket gjort med oss og hvorfor?  Jeg gjør oppmerksom på at dette ikke er en fagartikkel, og heller ikke et forsøk på sådant, men et sammensurium av undringer og forsøk på å samle dem. Noen av dem. PMS står for premenstruelt syndrom. Premenstruell betyr ”før mensen”.  Syndrom kommer fra det greske ordet for ”sammenstimling” og betyr ”en samling symptomer som tyder på en viss sykdom”.  Årsaken til PMS forklares som ”hormonelle endringer fra eggløsning og fram mot mensen”, og:  ”PMS skyldes forandret væskebalanse i kroppen. Mer vann enn vanlig siver ut fra blodbanen til vevet, og det kan godt være at dette også skjer i hjernen vår”. S...

I want to share this happy couple with you. They show so much love and respect for eachother, it is amazing. True love amongst animals. I have to believe they are capable of love seing Dash and Oranja and how they cuddle and play with eachother. Always respectfully. Lionhug. Photo: K.Udland I watched them everyday for 8 weeks - this inspiring couple making the best of their situation in captivity. Oranja has a bad hip and Dash is a nurturing and respectful friend. When I took the photos they went on like this for perhaps half an hour - calm and happy. Enjoing eachother. I do believe animals have a soul. How can I not? s o r r y m u m More hugging: Dash & Oranja. Photo: K.Udland True love. Photo: K. Udland Happy lion. Photo: K.Udland

Mondaymorning. What to choose.. Photo and even drawing: K. Udland Kan vi velge litt på en mandag, tro? Kan vi tenke at vi har to valg. La oss gjøre det så enkelt i dag. Fyrstikkmennesker og et dårlig iPhone4-bilde til tross. Du tar poenget. Ta mandagen! s o r r y m u m

Occupy Wall Street Gathering in Zuccotti Park. Photo: K.Udland DEMOCRACY - NOT CORPORATOCRACY I was there. Renting an apartment for a few days on Wall Street in September 2011 when the people started moving. Having my large latte at Starbucks on 17th of September, the coffeeshop was occupied by young people working on computers and making posters out of cut cardboard.The room was tense. Being curious as always I asked a young woman what was going on - she wouldn’t tell. Watch her on the photo up front on the pavement on her way to the New York stock exchange and Wall Street. Making a change. On the first march. Occupy Wall Street September 17th 2011.  Photo: K. Udland All was calm, I drank my coffee and left. To witness the first march on my way to the Charging Bull. Little did I know I witnessed a historic moment. Very few marchers to begin with - perhaps 20-30 at the most. The photo shows the very start on November 17th. With her - perhaps a student - up fr...

Sara og Vitani nullstiller seg på setesdalsgenseren. Photo: K.Udland Verdien av å gjøre ikkeno . Human being framfor human doing som nok er den dominerende menneskelige driven. Se dyrene gjøre ikkeno. Katten langstrakt i sofaen etter dagens arboristaktivitet. Hunden i dyp søvn på tunet etter rypejakta. Nullstiller seg. Nå skal du ikke gjøre noe som helst når du går inn i en tilstand av ikkeno. Du skal bare ikkeno. Ikke tenke. Ikke gjøre. Bare være. Etter gjøren. I klare høstdager og netter. Lade opp.  Eller meditere - finn en snutt på youtube med guided meditation, legg deg ned med øretelefoner under pleddet og la deg hvile og henføre av en stemme du liker. Kanskje skumte : sitte en ettermiddag alene i sofaen uten å slå på lys og kjenne at det blir mørkt. Bare la det blir helt mørkt rundt deg.  Nyt høsten! Eller ikkeno høsten.  s o r r y m u m