a sunny day in ålesund

not sure if today was the first day of spring or summer. while soaking up some sunshine outside a cafe, and pretending i was the lead character in a woody allen film, everything i've been struggling with lately floated away and became unimportant (and frankly a little silly). it's wonderful what a sunny day can do to someone's psyche. 

and this is the soundtrack of today

Louis Armstrong – La Vie En Rose

Django Reinhardt Trio – Bouncin' Around

Dave Brubeck – Take Five

Paco De Lucia – Entre Dos Aguas - Instrumental

Billie Holiday – Moonlight in Vermon

houses and rooms are full of perfumes.

the distillation would intoxicate me, but I shall not let it.  i will go to the bank by the wood and become undisguised and naked, for i am mad for it to be in contact with me

- walt whitman

the year is going by and the season is getting on

my curse is always having so much to do, i become incapable of doing anything at all. my head is a mess, so now i'm trying to get through my pile of things that i should've been done with three weeks ago. right now i'm editing a few photos. this photo doesn't match any of the others in the series, but this girl's face is too pretty to be wasted, so here you go

i'll throw in a few songs representing my current obsessions

Alexandre Desplat

The Rolling Stones

Molly Drake

i'd rather share this with you, then do what i'm supposed to do

i always wanted to do one of those favorites-lists so many are making, so here goes

anna ådén is a swedish photographers, that i've "liked" on facebook for a long time. i've seen her photos many time, but never taken the time to really look at them. i did the other day, and she instantly fell for her. she feels so unaffected in a way, limitless and unbounded.

neruda. no one explains love the way he does.

this song by my stian and his band aka out of his hands

and last but not least this interview with sarah palin. ignorant narcissist, much? funny though

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songs for someone who needs somewhere to long for

The Low Anthem – Old Cedar Tree

Billy Bragg – Birds And Ships

Ólafur Arnalds – Arcade

quote inspiration from this song

out of his hands

got to do a shoot with these lovely guys a few days ago! my stian and his band are throwing a charming release feast to celebrate giving out a 7" on record store day. so anyone in the trondheim area reading this needs to get their behinds downt to antikvariatet 2 o'clock this coming saturday april 20th. i'm sure it'll be something to remember

music will be available in a few days

what lies behind us and what lies ahead of us

 are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

- henry stanley haskins

there is nowhere you must go, and nothing you must do. just be

 Ólafur Arnalds – Words Of Amber

yet you're my favorite work of art

the feeling of finally going through with something in a time that has been little but despairing, is a wonderful feeling. i had my first analog photo shoot a few days ago, and loved the process and the end results. lovely tone sønderland and veronica sønderland helped with styling, and the model was beautiful stine mari ringstad. more photos coming this way 

quote from this song

and if you took to me like a gull takes to the wind

let me live free, and let me love you fully. let me give you everything i have to give, and let me live my life as if i was created to complete you. i will let you get lost, and i will let you leave, but promise me to always come back. i will always wait for you, and i will always be your home

Sufjan Stevens – Casimir Pulaski Day