#The Golden Age of Finnish Art

[liturgical-agenda]

Swans, 1859 by Ferdinand von Wright

[marandsviet]

Finnish Miku

[abwwia]

Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861-1919)

Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861-1919) was a Finnish painter, best known for her realist works and portraits. Danielson-Gambogi was part of the first generation of Finnish Women Artists who received professional education in art. via W #PalianSHOW

[allieebobo]

Merry Crisis—Cast of characters

Romance-focused x Slice-of-life x Queer x Non-Euro-centric x Character-based

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Credit: The wonderful amazing INSANELY talented @dumplingcatho made these STUNNING character portraits!! I am still reeling from how dang good she is. I swear she probably made a deal with the devil for this talent but I shall not question it.

Nat [M/F]

The soulmate/ex/best friend.

Your ex. Your parents never approved of them, but you suppose it doesn’t matter anymore. Despite the breakup, you’re still friends, and worse still - you still live with them in a tiny shoebox apartment. New York rent, man—it's hard to say no even though you know you should be moving on, and moving out.

Height: 6′2 (M) | 5′11 (F)

Nationality & race: African-American

Occupation: Post-doc fellow, working towards becoming a tenure-track professor.

Description:

Warm, twinkling eyes, and big, infectious laugh. Can swing from nerdy charm to extreme goofyness at the drop of a pin.

Loving, thoughtful, and kind to a fault. Relaxed, gentle demeanour

The kind of friend—and partner—you can trust with your life.

An incurable optimist.

Loves people, art/movies (especially talking about them with friends), food/cooking, their two dogs. 

Nat's dogs

Kiho [M]

Breed: Cairn Terrier

Age: 8

Description: Proud, small, intelligent, standoffish, with a stern grandpa energy. Apparently, a reader/player told me long ago that Kiho means "big boss" in Finnish colloquial slang and that was so perfect that it stuck. If Kiho were human he'd wear an old patagonia vest and spend his weekends fishing (not very adeptly).

Liz [F]

Breed: Border collie

Age: 3 (adopted when MC and Nat were already together.)

Description: Not exactly literal golden retriever energy but... close enough. A ray of sunshine, playful, easygoing, happy-go-lucky and a voracious eater (she eats everything), loves playing in puddles and has a special love for chewed up tennis balls.

Qiu [M/F]

The estranged first love / soulmates.

Your first-love (or platonic soulmate), from junior college. You’d not kept in touch, and now, they’re ridiculously successful. But, according to your intel, still…single.

Height: 5′8 (M) | 5′4 (F)

Nationality & race: Chinese Singaporean

Occupation: Public prosecutor

Description:

Extremely intelligent, with a sharp, cutting wit.

Ambitious, determined, and a bit cynical / jaded.

Dark, piercing gaze, with a completely unreadable expression.

Formal, a little bit stiff, and always impeccably dressed.

Aloof, almost intimidating presence despite their relatively average height/slim build.

Loves a job well done, being useful, stimulating conversation, and solving problems. Peace and quiet.

Shay [M/F]

The charismatic stranger.

Your neighbour (Auntie Pearl)'s new tenant. Sexy, confident, and unabashedly unconventional. Your mother definitely does not approve, but you might not be able to resist their roguish charms.

Height: 5′10 (M) | 5′6 (F)

Nationality & race: Chinese (Peranakan) Singaporean

Occupation: Lead singer & guitarist in a rock band

Description:

Thick, sweeping eyebrows, expressive eyes that twinkle at the edges, and a permanent roguish half-grin.

Tan, athletic, with an undeniable swagger to their walk. Has a penchant for sleeveless muscle tees. Good with their hands (and... possibly other parts of their body).

Adventurous, resilient, unflinchingly honest, and uncompromisingly true to themselves / the people they love.

Loves the outdoors (and constant motion), music (especially rock, reggae and soul), dancing, soccer, nature/plants (including gardening).

Other asks

[silveragelovechild]

I’m continuing to watch Foundation. Is it odd to primarily watch it for its art design and visual effect? I also like some of the characters. It’s probably best I have not read the novels. Part of me doesn’t care what happens in the long term (and I’d probably chafe if I knew how much it departed from the book series). FYI - There’s a link below to VFX from the series.

Season 2 follows two versions of Harry Seldon. One of them is an AI inside the Vault on the planet Salvor Hardin. There’s a second version of Harry as a holographic projection generated by something called the Prime Radiant. Via an unexplained method, this version was given a new human body. (So that 2 episodes later they could show him slowing being drowned.)

In all honesty, I’ve lost interest in both Harrys. I also have become tired of Gaal, and Salvor, her adult daughter. Both are about the same age (mid 20s) due to the use of hyper sleep at different points in their lives. Gaal is always worried she’s doing the wrong thing, and Salvor is usually angry and/or distrusting. After while both these character traits get boring.

I do like is Lee Pace as Emperor Cleon, aka Day. I like the two other clones, Dawn and Dusk. As a way of protecting the dynasty 3 versions of Cleon exist at any one time, via cloning. They discovered ann unknown enemy tampered with the cloning process and none of them are exact clones of the original.

I especially like Day’s Majordomo Demerzel, the last sentient Robot of her kind (they’ve reference Azimov’s robot laws which she says she is no longer bound by). According to Wikipedia Demerzel is an evolved version of a character from his Robot novels. She’s played by Laura Birn, a Finnish actor, and is very good. image0.jpeg

After a neatly successful assassination attempt, Pace/Day decides to end the clone dynasty and marry to start a genetic dynasty. This threatens Dawn and Dusk as they would no longer be necessary. The woman who Pace/Day has selected to marry, suspect he killed her family. She’s willing to marry him but doesn’t want to have his children. She’s concocted a plot to have children with Dawn (who is 20ish) without letting Pace/Day know. She calls it a “fucking bloodless coup”.

I also really like Bel Riose,the gay general (Ben Daniels) and Glawen Curr, his lover and second in command (Dino Fetscher). It’s interesting to see a loving intimate gay relationship in a scifi setting. I wish their storyline was expanded.

They’ve recently introduced a Han Solo type character by the name of Hober Mallow. He has gone on an undercover mission to bargain with Spacers.

Spacers are a genetically created beings necessary for FTL space travel. They have an incredible design - tall and slender with a golden glow and what looks like gold circuitry imbedded in their skin. They have fun names like She-Bends-Light and She-Is-Center.

Here’s a link to a VFX reel.

[cartoonmadness]

Multifandom sideblock for my fav comics / games / animated series / movies / short films / other stuff

My art blog is @peikonlainen

Movies

Akira

Barbie

Book of life

Boy and the beast

Catnapped

Coraline

Craig before the creek

The dark crystal

Disney movies

DreamWorks movies

Ernest and Celestine

Ethel and Ernest

Flight of dragons

Hoodwinked

Hotel transylvania

Kung fu Panda

The Labyrinth

Laika movies

Land before time

The Last Unicorn

Lego movies

Mary and Max

The Midnight gospel

The Muppets

The Never ending story

Osmosis Joe

Paprika

Rock and rule

Secret of Nimh

Scooby-Doo

Studio Ghibli movies

Tekkonkinkreet

TMNT Mutant Mayhem

Treasure planet

Tree of Palme

Trolls movies

Up

The wizard of Oz

Wolf Children

Cartoons / Show / Anime

Adventure Time

Alfred J. Kwak

The Amazing wold of Gumball

Amphibia

Angelic Layer

As told by Ginger

Avatar the last airbender

Batman the animated series

Bluey

Bob's burgers

Bojack Horseman

Care bears

Centaurworld

Clone high

Count Duckula

Craig of the creek

Cyborg 009

The dark crystal age of resistance

Darkwing Duck

Ducktales (2017)

Evil con carne

Fraiser

The Gilmore girls

Golden girls

Gravity Falls

Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

Hazbin hotel

Helluva boss

Infinity train

Jellytown!

Kaiba

Kid Cosmic

Kim Possible

Kipo

The legend of Korra

Looney tunes

Mao Mao heroes of pure heart

Masters of the Universe 2002

Maya and the tree

Moomins

Murder she wrote

My little pony

Oggy and the cockroaches

The Owl house

Ping Pong animated series

Pokemon

Reboot

Regular show

ROTTMNT

Sesame street

She-ra

Sherlock Hound

Spiderman

Spongebob

Tuca and Bertie

TMNT 80s/90s

TMNT 2003

Transformers (80s)

Transformers prime

Twelve forever

Unicorn - Warriors eternal

The Venture bros

Wander over Yander

Winx

Indie animations

THe Amazing digital circus

Bigtop burger

Chikn Nuggit

the Devil and Daniel Mouse

Lackadaisy

Metal Family

Monkey Wrench

Soviet Union animations

Shred force

Smiling friends

Spooky month

Wallace and Gromit

Comics / Manga

Adventures of Tintin

Bamse

Batman

Cyborg 009

Detective Conan

Donald Duck (Aku Ankka in Finnish)

Dragon ball

Garfield

Moomins

Peanuts

Paradise kiss

Popeye

Niilo Pielinen

Spiderman

Spirou and Fantasio

Vinland saga

Wimpy Witch

Books

Amazing land of Oz

Babar

Moomin books

Games

Animal crossing

Garage: bad dream adventure

Katamari

Pokemon

Other Nintendo games

Sly Cooper

Sonic the hedgehog

[x--daughters-of-darkness--x]

Japan's All-Female Metal Band LOVEBITES Returns With New Bassist And 'Judgement Day' Music Video

LOVEBITES, the all-female heavy metal band from Tokyo, Japan, has returned from its hiatus with a new member, a new music video and news of a fourth studio album coming in February 2023. The LP is also available to preorder today from JPU Records, and is available physically in three editions.

"Judgement Day", the fittingly titled album, will be the first to feature the band's new lineup, which includes bassist Fami, who was selected after an audition process and is just 20 years of age. The fast, melodic and heavy metal sound that LOVEBITES has excelled at since its debut is still burning strong, but has been sublimated further. Newcomer Fami also brings an added charm to the quintet, including her signature slap technique. The album contains ten completely new songs, mixed and mastered by Finnish masterminds Mikko Karmila and Mika Jussila, who have worked on all of the band's studio albums.

Fans can get a taste of the new LOVEBITES today with the release of the digital single and music video to the album's title track, available to download, stream and watch now.

The cover art for the album features a wolf, an incarnation of the band that has appeared on all of LOVEBITES's previous albums. This time, as the title suggests ("Judgement Day"),the wolf clutches scales that weigh good and evil within its jaws, and is captured sprinting between the sun and the moon. Further meaning from the cover art can be discovered in the title track's music video, and further details will likely be revealed in the future too.

"Judgement Day" will be released digitally worldwide on February 22, 2023, and released on CD from JPU Records from February 24, 2023. A video-on-demand and CD bundle is also available directly from JPU Records' web site. It features a documentary of the bassist auditions which includes interviews with the members of the band, as well as Fami while she was still one of the finalists — all with English subtitles. It also includes four studio sessions; "The Hammer Of Wrath", "Golden Destination" and "Shadowmaker" from the audition finals, and "Bravehearted", the first session with Fami as an official member of LOVEBITES. There is also a third edition that includes the CD, the video on demand content and a "Judgement Day" t-shirt. Additionally, 50 orders of this latter bundle will randomly receive a sleeve case that has been signed by the members of the band.

"Judgement Day" track listing:

01. We Are The Resurrection 02. Judgement Day 03. The Spirit Lives On 04. Wicked Witch 05. Stand And Deliver (Shoot 'Em Down) 06. Victim Of Time 07. My Orion 08. Lost In The Garden 09. Dissonance 10. Soldier Stands Solitarily

LOVEBITES formed in 2016 with vocalist Asami, guitarists Midori and Miyako, bassist Miho and drummer Haruna. The band's EP "The Lovebites" EP was mixed by Mikko Karmila and mastered by Mika Jussila, a team of talented Finnish engineers known for their work with NIGHTWISH, CHILDREN OF BODOM and AMORPHIS. In May 2017 LOVEBITES made their debut and released "The Lovebites" EP through London's JPU Records, followed by full length album "Awakening From Abyss" in October 2017 and had a series of shows in Japan and the U.K.

In 2018 LOVEBITES made their first festival appearance at Vans Warped Tour Japan 2018, as well as a headline show in June for mini album "Battle Against Damnation". In July they participated in Headstrong Fes.18 organized by ANTHEM, followed by performing at the world's biggest metal festival Wacken Open Air in Germany and Bloodstock Open Air in the U.K. They also toured Europe with X-ray Touring. After returning to Japan, LOVEBITES completed their second album "Clockwork Immortality" by the end of the year, and performed at Metal Mania, which also featured LOUDNESS.

LOVEBITES began 2019 by touring Japan, followed by supporting ARCH ENEMY on tour in China. First live album "Daughters Of The Dawn: Live In Tokyo 2019" was released in July, recorded at Mynabi Blitz Akasaka in Tokyo in support of "Clockwork Immortality". The same month the band toured festivals, including Download Festival in the U.K., Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium, and Download Festival Madrid in Spain. At Download Festival in the U.K., Asami joined HALESTORM on stage to sing "Love Bites (And So Do I)", the song that gave LOVEBITES their name. When the band returned to Japan they toured Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka before appearing at Summer Sonic 2019. They then joined DRAGONFORCE for their U.K. tour in November as special guests.

In January 2020, the band released third album "Electric Pentagram". It became the band's first album to enter Japan's Oricon Top 10 rankings, peaking at number nine. The band then kicked off tour of Japan in February and released "Five Of A Kind: Live In Tokyo 2020" in July, recorded at Zepp DiverCity, which reached number one in the Oricon Music Blu-ray chart.

In March 2021 they released mini album "Glory, Glory, To The World", which reached No. 10 in the Billboard general chart. Immediately afterwards the band began the "Ride For Vengeance" tour 2021, touring four cities across Japan. In August Miho left the band and it was announced that LOVEBITES would take a break. In the meantime, "Heavy Metal Never Dies – Live In Tokyo 2021" was released in the U.K. as a CD and video on-demand release, featuring the Tokyo show from the "Ride For Vengeance" tour 2021, followed by best album "In The Beginning: The Best Of 2017-2021".

In April 2022, the band held an audition for all nationalities, ages, and genders worldwide to find a new bassist. After a long selection process, fami joined in October of the same year, leading to LOVEBITES once again being composed of five members.

[thetristoneera]

the Faculty: There are two extra 30 Year Olds in this group.  That’ll be Gretchen Weisz & Korazo Entei.  These are six key faculty members that are very present in the health of this university.   Quinn Gleaux (A Dean of Admissions) Chef Errox (A Martial Arts Collegiate Instructor) Gretchen Weisz (Dean of Academic Structure) Eiliro Stallion (Cafeteria Head of Operations & Five Star Chef) Dierra Loso (Language Collegiate Professor) Languages of Spanish, Portuguese, English, Saudi, French, Russian, Cantonese, Kanji, Italian, Inuit & Finnish… Korazo Entei (A High Ranking Police Officer & Dean of Safety And Enforcing) He is Officer Fifth’s Partner from time to time & yes they grew up in Loudsend together…

Lavurius: (In year 0, humans have existed for 3,000 years before Instruments of Life emerged to guide humans into a better humanity than theirs.  Making it Year 11527 for truths & honor purposes.  In Year 3333, was when the Phenomenon began.  In the same year, surviving family members of those that were slain for the greater good; created Lavurius the Coven.  Dead set on finding a way to stop unexplainable deaths of everyone born in a specific year, made their power insatiable.  But they would be shooting in the dark for a long time.  A highly long time because the amount of power they were using would take eons of development to equate to the Instruments.  With that day finally being here, will they finally uncover the truth behind yearly genocides?  With them all being immortal, their main motive in life is super natural justice.  The group consists of twins where three of them are the younger or older of their pairing.  Being born before the new year or of the next new year spared them.  Witnessing their twin die, was clear motivation to help the strongest league against the phenomenon.  These six are known as Reign Doubly.  Naja is the mage of this unit; all in all, there are more mages than other members but in their case…) Vakyat of Zimbabwe Naja of Thailand Umyrog of Greece Othezul of Chile Zeaux of New Zealand Kraed of Canada / They all met in college, attending Crediteria University over in Scotland…

Instruments of Life: (In year 11527, the original humanoid time frame; they are some of the surviving 11,000,000 humans.  About forty percent of the world is covered with blackened goo & that’s no good for any carbon based life form.  There are more than enough scientific leagues; trying to reverse the atrocities of humanity leading them to a deadopia.  They are all from different corners of the world but all have the same mindset; the Golden Rule.  How it’s nowhere to be found, will magically unite these six; making a savior group.  They were are all connected to the six most powerful scientific leagues.  The secrets they know will have them creating perfect immortality with a god complex of rebirthing the world.  They will go to the Big Bang, they will sleep off eons of time; waiting for humans to evolve, to guide them to the ultimate light.  Without ever showing themselves, they will eventually come up with a method of peace by killing off prideful humans.  The deadliest emotion of them all…  They will perfect humanity by ensuring no one creates any lore around a tyranny based society.  This will guide humans away from their negative nature of do all harm in the name of one person, fear &/or self preservation.  Guiding humans with love has marginally made the rebirth world; more advanced than the real world.  Advanced intellectually, emotionally, architectually, scientifically & the most important; lovely.  They don’t have statues, they don’t have no monuments; but all humans know, they exist as the thing that kills off humans born from a certain year.  No matter the day & age, no matter how old they physically are; you will get the axe if your amount of pride is futile. Renkler (Serial Killer & FBI Agent) of USA Khalloz (Marines Weapons General) of Germany Gardulz (Hypnotist & Entertainer) of Italy Tornado (Experimentalist & Erowologist) of New Zealand Amikka (Erowologist & Data Analyst) of Brazil Nejisam (Sociolist & Endologist) of Morocco

[dailyhistoryposts]

Sleeping Gray Cat and a Rat (1864) by Adolf von Becker. Oil on cavnas.

[someone-elsa]

🖌 P A I N T I N G • R E C O L O U R S

This is the first of the three 3k followers gifts I’ll share :)

When I was preparing for the Artwork challenge, I re-discovered a bunch of Finnish painters and their work. These paintings are from the Golden Age of Finnish art (~1880-1910). I think they would actually fit the Sims world quite well (not being overly realistic) and here we are!

Since the meshes are squares, I had to crop some of the paintings but I think they look good enough :’)

Recolours of 2 BG meshes

19 swatches both (both have same swatches)

Artists include but aren’t limited to: Akseli Gallén-Kallela, Amelié Lundahl, Albert Edelfelt, Elin Danielsson-Gambogi...

@maxismatchccworld​ ♥

Download

no ads or other nonsense!

👉 SFS 👉 Mediafire

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Feel free to edit or include in builds. Since the artwork is not mine, I can’t really dictate what you can do with these but I’d appreciate that you don’t put them behind a paywall or ads. Thank you!

My Ko-fi page :)

[karkkidoeswriting]

Loot Box Tag

Thank you for tagging me @pheita!

RULES: make up what would be in a limited edition loot/gift box for your WIP

I'll tag @sleepyowlwrites, @emilyoracle, @adie-dee and @kjscottwrites if you want!

I have Ideas for Golden Maiden, Silver Bride.

bronze jewelry, very Iron Age/early medieval Finnish jewelry inspired, could be couple of different versions and you don't know what you'll get, I'm thinking a brooch, pin and circlet. Here's some related sketches I've made to give an idea what I'm thinking of

character art of Miävi (the robot girl in sketches), Tiera, Eio and/or Vaan

concept art of some elves, for example a large monstrous forest elf made out of roots, animal bones, mold, mushrooms and moss

couple of different bookmarks with patterns and colors of the different veere (demigod race) clans and human tribes, maybe again there's several of them and each box would get like a selection of three?

an album of songs that appear in the story played with appropriate instruments (often kantele/kantele-like-instrument, sometimes lute etc)

a zine of The Forging of the Golden Maiden myth (which the story is a loose retelling of), maybe including couple of different known versions of it and a little explanation of historical/mythological background?

a set of weaving tablets, instructions and patterns for weaving medieval bands with story related patterns (used for belts/girdles and decorations for dresses and tunics)

[starlene]

Would you be willing to talk more about Varissuo? I managed to miss it (as always I'm really good at missing musicals in Finland rip) but it looks fascinating. Voi vastata kans suomeks jos helpompi mut ei paineita :D

I was hoping someone would ask! I'm definitely willing to talk about Varissuo, what with it being one of my all-time favourite musicals and all.

Here's a synopsis in English, in case some of my non-Finnish followers are curious, and then some thoughts in Finnish under the cut.

Varissuo is an original Finnish musical with music by Tuomo Prättälä, Jori Sjöroos & Jussi Vahvaselkä, lyrics by Paleface, and book by Satu Rasila. So far, it's only been performed in Turun kaupunginteatteri in 2018–19.

In short, it's a musical about reaching for your dreams + the relationships between parents and children, named after and set in the Varissuo suburb in the city of Turku (a real suburb known for its multicultural population; it's sometimes maligned as a den of crime and unemployment, but a study has also shown that its inhabitants are happier than most other people in Turku).

The musical consists of four parallel storylines:

Nadia is a teenage girl that dreams of moving out of the suburb and becoming a pop star, but she lacks the parental support to achieve her dreams: to say her father Asko is emotionally distant is a severe understatement, and all she knows about her mother is that she died when Nadia was a baby. Frustrated, Nadia starts a relationship with Aku, a young recovering alcoholic who has just hit a major setback in his recovery due to his grandmother's death. When the relationship results in an unplanned pregnancy, Nadia craves the support of her father more than ever – but how will he react?

Reijo is a middle-aged karaoke enthusiast with a violent past who's lost contact with his daughter, Noora. He dreams of fixing things with her but has a hard time gathering enough courage to take the first step. Will Noora agree to talk to him again after all he's done, let alone ever seeing him again?

Ilona is the single mother of 12-year-old Ben. She broke up with Ben's father Mikael a decade ago and he hasn't been a part of his son's life ever since, but when she falls severely ill, she's forced to contact him again. Soon enough, Ilona is hospitalised, and Mikael has to start learning how to be a father for real. Will father and son find something to bond over when Mikael decides to share his passion for street art with Ben? And what about Ilona and Mikael? They had a messy separation way back when, but will Ilona's illness make them see each other in a different light?

Rafa is a boxer in his early 20s whose mother Sarita is ready to do whatever it takes to make him a champion – but secretly, he dreams of giving up his boxing career, graduating high school, and living a boring normal life with a house, a wife and a golden retriever. With the support of a dreamy Tinder match called Johannes, will Sarita finally learn to live her own life instead of micromanaging Rafa's? And is Johannes really as great as he seems like on the first date?

I think on paper, it's always bound to sound more clichéd and less interesting than it actually was – but please trust me, it was brilliant. I saw it four times, it's been over three years now, and I still miss it. By far the best original Finnish musical I've ever seen, and as I mentioned before, one of my top ten musicals in general.

Ja tähän loppuun suomenkielinen jälkikirjoitus: miksi näin loistava musikaali ei sitten menestynyt? Ilona-tietokannan tietojen perusteella esityskauden täyttöprosentti oli 65 %, eli ei mitenkään ihmeellinen. Kumpi on väärässä, minä vai suuri yleisö?

Toki eri genrejä hiphopista iskelmään yhdistävä musikaali oli varmaan osalle konservatiivisimmista vanhan polven katsojista liian kova pala, mutta väitän, että hieman paremmalla markkinoinnilla teatteri olisi voinut paikata eläkeyhdistysten jättämää yleisövajetta ainakin jonkun verran. Jälkiviisastelu on paitsi helppoa myös raivostuttavaa, mutta tässä silti pari ajatusta siitä, mikä olisi voinut mennä paremmin:

Varissuon suurimpia vahvuuksia olivat 1. musiikki, 2. Palefacen lyriikat, 3. hahmot, eikä markkinointi hyödyntänyt näistä mitään.

Joku musikaalin kappaleista olisi ehdottomasti pitänyt julkaista Youtubessa ennen ensi-iltaa. Palefacen nimi olisi pitänyt ottaa julisteissa, nettibannereissa ym. häpeämättömään hyötykäyttöön ja miestä itseään olisi pitänyt tyrkyttää aiheen tiimoilta haastateltavaksi mahdollisimman moneen mediaan (olettaen siis, että hän olisi ollut moiseen yhteistyöhön valmis). Lisäksi julisteisiin/promokuviin, jotka esittivät geneeristä takaapäin kuvattua hahmoa, olisi ehdottomasti pitänyt jo julkistushetkellä saada vähintään pari rooliasuista näyttelijää – tuntematonkin naama myy paremmin kuin tuntematon takaraivo.

Tiedän omasta kokemuksesta, että nämä asiat ovat vaikeita toteuttaa (julkaisukelpoisen demon tekemiseen ei ole budjetissa varattu rahaa, markkinoinnin väellä ei ole aikaa tyrkyttää Palefacea Arto Nybergille kun samaan aikaan pitää markkinoida ohjelmiston kahtatoista muuta teosta, ja julkistushetkellä rooliasutkin ovat vasta luonnoksia pukusuunnittelijan lehtiössä), mutta väitän, että tässä ylimääräinen vaivannäkö olisi kannattanut.

Toinen iso ongelma, johon teatteri ei ikävä kyllä mitenkään olisi voinut vaikuttaa, oli Helsingin Sanomien oikeusmurhaa lähentelevä arvostelu.

Mielestäni on kyllä hyvä kysymys, kuvaako teatteri lähiöelämää valtaosin tukevan keskiluokkaiselle yleisölleen liikaa ongelmien ja tirkistelyn kautta, mutta kriitikko ei päässyt kliseisen lähiökuvauksen aiheuttamasta raivostaan mitenkään yli eikä lainkaan jaksanut pohtia sitä, onko Varissuo onnistunut genrensä edustajana eli musikaalina (eli toisin sanoen aivan tavanomainen suomalainen musikaalikritiikki).

Omasta mielestäni Varissuossa oli loistavasti löydetty jokaiselle hahmolle oma sävelkielensä siten, että kokonaisuus kuulosti silti yhtenäiseltä, ja tarinan kuljettaminen musiikin keinoin oli paremmin hallussa kuin yhdelläkään toisella näkemälläni suomimusikaalilla. Vaikka ymmärrän, mistä kritiikki käsiksen kliseisyydestä kumpuaa, mielestäni kaikki tarinan hahmot olivat kuitenkin kolmiulotteisia ja heidän kohtalonsa aidosti koskettavia. Ja voihan asian nähdä niinkin päin, että on hyvä, että keskiluokkaista teatteriyleisöä yritettiin edes parin tunnin ajaksi saada samaistumaan erilaisesta taustasta tuleviin ihmisiin, vaikka sitten vähän kömpelösti kliseiden kautta – vai pitäisikö lähiön elämästä kertoessa keskittyä vain sen keskiluokkaisiin ja tasaisen onnellisiin asukkaisiin? Siihen, mitä ihmettä kriitikko paahtaa hahmojen samanlaisuudesta, toivottomuudesta ja v-sanan käytöstä, en osaa sanoa oikein mitään, itse koin teoksen niin täydellisen toisin.

Turun Sanomat tykkäsi muistaakseni enemmän (maksumuuri, en voi tarkistaa), mutta jos joku pääkaupunkiseudulta harkitsi teatteriretkeä Turkuun, Hesarin negistely riitti taatusti nitistämään ne suunnitelmat.

Varissuossa on vielä sekin ongelma, että se on päällisin puolin hyvin turkulainen musikaali, mikä varmaan vähentää muualla sijaitsevien teatterien mielenkiintoa tarttua siihen – mutta mielestäni siinä käsitellään niin universaaleja aiheita, että sen voisi pienillä käsikirjoitusmuutoksilla siirtää joko johonkin toiseen oikeaan lähiöön tai täysin kuvitteelliseen tapahtumapaikkaan.

Pähkinänkuoressa: en suoraan sanottuna usko, että Varissuosta saadaan koskaan toista tuotantoa, mutta mielestäni tämä on täysin hyvän musikaalin täydellistä haaskaamista.

Olisivat, penteleet, edes cast recordingin julkaisseet.

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Stjernschantz, Beda, 1892. Girl Sitting. / Westermarck, Helena, 1883. An Old Woman. / Schjerfbeck, Helene, 1908. The School Girl II (Girl in Black). / Thesleff, Ellen, 1896. The Violin Player. / Lundahl, Amélie, 1885. The Garden Girl. / Danielson-Gambogi, Elin, 1880-1889. Old Provençal Woman. / Wiik, Maria, 1892. Woman Rowing, Sketch.

Oil paintings of women from the brushes of female artists of the golden age of Finnish art. All images are from the Finnish National Gallery.

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The Tsarina's Lost Treasure: Catherine the Great, a Golden Age Masterpiece, and a Legendary Shipwreck

by Gerald Easter, Mara Vorhees

4.29/5 stars on goodreads.com

A riveting history and maritime adventure about priceless masterpieces originally destined for Catherine the Great.

On October 1771, a merchant ship out of Amsterdam, Vrouw Maria, crashed off the stormy Finnish coast, taking her historic cargo to the depths of the Baltic Sea. The vessel was delivering a dozen Dutch masterpiece paintings to Europe’s most voracious collector: Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. Among the lost treasures was The Nursery, an oak-paneled triptych by Leiden fine painter Gerrit Dou, Rembrandt’s most brilliant student and Holland’s first international superstar artist. Dou’s triptych was long the most beloved and most coveted painting of the Dutch Golden Age, and its loss in the shipwreck was mourned throughout the art world. Vrouw Maria, meanwhile, became a maritime legend, confounding would-be salvagers for more than two hundred years. In July 1999, a daring Finnish wreck hunter found Vrouw Maria, upright on the sea floor and perfectly preserved. The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure masterfully recounts the fascinating tale of Vrouw Maria—her loss and discovery—weaving together the rise and fall of the artist whose priceless masterpiece was the jewel of the wreckage. Gerald Easter and Mara Vorhees bring to vivid life the personalities that drove (and are still driving) this compelling tale, evoking Robert Massie’s depiction of Russian high politics and culture, Simon Schama’s insights into Dutch Golden Age art and art history, Gary Kinder’s spirit of, danger and adventure  on the beguiling Archipelago Sea.