#Utö

[henk-heijmans]

Gamla Vägen, Utö, Sweden, 1911 - by Henry B. Goodwin (1878 - 1931), German/Swedish

[travelella]

Utö, Sweden

Geranimo

[anirobot]

Utö (Finland)-Wikipedia

Utö Lighthouse - Wikipedia

[eternalstateofoctober]

hi it’s me i’d like to tell u that i have lots of cool stickers coming in the mail and some have even arrived already and i’m gonna decorate my laptop with them <3

[saa-na]

my drama and creative writing teacher in lukio told us to strip ourselves of our manerisms and commented that the way i wrote about the sea in my poems was one of those manerisms. i was sailing like every other week at that point and taking a cold dip in the sea every week i didn't sail so it was all i knew. a girl commented "i don't get it" when i wrote that they had to bring sand from the mainland to the utö cemetery to bury the people who desperately wanted to be buried there, on the furthest island of our archipelago. another time i wrote about wearing a kevlar vest and the teacher said she had to google what kevlar is so i should scrap the line. i haven't written a serious poem since i was 16 but i sometimes think about the short while i was a poet and what it taught me about writing and feeling and who i am.

[the-cricket-chirps]

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Specter from the Story of Utö Yasutaka

c. 1843-1847

[konradolssonjournal]

Fredag 12 april 2024

Klaffstolar fälls upp utanför Fabrique. Det är sol. Ännu en byggställning installeras på Nybrogatan, ett jävla slammer nu på morgonen, leverans bilarna stockas, även om det är lugnare på fredag morgon än tidigare i veckan. Det finns självklart mycket jag kommer sakna från staden, just det här här livet, energin, men jag tänker ändå ändå: jag längtar till villa förorten.

Hade gärna promenerat en timme i detta vackra väder. Solen slår svalt och hårt mot fasaderna på Blasieholmen. Cyklister. Poliserna utanför judiska skolan har kortärmat.

Tog oss till Utö, brummade ut i Range Rovern, den är bra högljudd märker man, jag tvekar att brassa på gasen för hårt, det finns en viss osäkerhet i backgrunden hela tiden, kommer den paja? Jag tänker på bränslet, hur dyrt det är. Tung väska på väg ut, fylld av böcker.

Har beställt hem 2-3 kassettband, herregud, jag vet ju inte ens om kasettbandspelaren funkar i bilen.

[decorworks]

Steal This Look: Designer Rose Uniacke’s Serene and Airy Office Kitchen

This week we’re revisiting our favorite stories from 2024, like this one: In her latest book, English designer Rose Uniacke reveals the updated interiors of her 1860 property in central London’s Pimlico area. The kitchen, unsurprisingly, is at once homely and monastic chic, decorated with carefully selected antiques and an artful layout. Her kitchen/dining room stands out, with original plaster walls, rare Swedish furniture, and a custom curtained kitchen. Here we profile a few of the details that make up the look.

Above: The kitchen is smartly divided using custom drapery. Photograph by Francois Halard from Rose Uniacke at Work (see also our post: Required Reading: Rose Uniacke at Work).

Above: A closer look at the kitchen, where an oak surround frames the sink and splashback. Photograph by Francois Halard from Rose Uniacke at Work, as featured in our post: Required Reading: Rose Uniacke at Work.

Materials

Above: Mimic the natural plaster pink walls with Bauwerk Colour’s Limewash Paint in Charlottenburg. For more on limewash paint, see Remodeling 101: Everything You Need to Know About Limewash Paint and DIY Project: Limewashed Walls for Modern Times.

Fixtures & Appliances

Above: For a similar faucet, the Barber Wilsons & Co. Regent 1040 1890s Style Faucet (R1040-1890) is $3,420 at Quality Bath.

Above: The Gaggenau Induction Hob with Integrated Hook (CV282101) is available through Gaggenau dealers.

Lighting & Furniture

Above: Vintage Charlotte Perriand CP1 Wall Sconces from the 1970s can be found for $1,300 per piece at Gallery L7. 

Above: The table lamp on the cupboard is by Jos Devriendt. The Night and Day 246 Lamp at left is available through Demisch Danant.

Above: Uniacke chose dining furniture designed by Swedish maker Axel Einar Hjorth. The Utö Dining Table in pine was manufactured by Nordiska Kompaniet in 1932. The table can be found through online auction houses such as Phillips and for sale at The Expert.

Above: Axel Einar Hjorth Utö Dining Chairs to complement the table, also from the 1930s, are available at 1stDibs and elsewhere online.

Above: Similar rattan chairs can be sourced widely online. Atelier Vime in Provence offers a slew of vintage options: Shown here is the Georges Coslin Vintage Rattan Set. On the low end, there’s the Monet High Back Antique Lounge Chair from Scout & Nimble, currently on sale for $620.

Accessories

Above: To source quality fabric for curtains of all sizes, East London Cloth’s Elderfield Vellum is an example of some of their fabric available by the meter; $72 per meter. For more, see our post: East London Cloth: Purveyors of Household Linens, Made to Last.

Above: For a simple, easy-to-source cast iron teapot, The Republic of Tea’s Simplicity Iron Teapot is $65.99.

Above: For something akin to the fluted white vase on the table, the Large Fountain Vase is $179 from Ferm Living. For more from designer Rose Uniacke, see our posts: - A New, Natural Paint Line from Rose Uniacke in Shades of Pale - Object of Desire: A Minimal-Luxe Water Carafe and Glasses from Rose Uniacke in London - To the Manor Born: Luxury and Elegance in a Restored 18th-Century Home - Among the Orchids: Designer Rose Uniacke at Home in London N.B.: This story originally ran on January 2, 2024 and has been updated with new products, links, and pricing. Read the full article

[opioid]

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[tartagliaarte]

Fantasmi e altre storie dal Giappone in mostra a Bologna

È UN TUFFO IN UN MONDO POPOLATO DI MOSTRI E ANTICHI RITUALI QUELLO OFFERTO DA PALAZZO PALLAVICINI, CHE OSPITA UNA RASSEGNA ISPIRATA ALLA TRADIZIONE DELLE STAMPE GIAPPONESI Kuniyoshi Utagawa, La principessa strega Takiyasha e lo scheletro del padre, da Storia di Utö Yasutaka, 1844 circa La prima supereroina con poteri di ragno, potenti squadre di eroi che combattono il male viaggiando…

[eternalstateofoctober]

started watching the estonia series. constant lump in my throat, horrible. marvellous work.

[nordnews]

The island of Utö, located about 90 kilometers southwest of the city of Turku, received a surprising guest this week.

[saa-na]

i need to plan a good hike for the summer and a good bike trip too. and i need to actually make them happen. and maybe i can finally go to utö again. and i want to sail more.

[huariqueje]

Utö in Autumn  -   Oskar Bergman, 1928.

Swedish, 1879-1963

Watercolour ,  36.6 x 52.5 cm.

[konradolssonjournal]

Måndag 1 April 2024

Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer. —E. M. FORSTER, HOWARDS END

Lev aldrig mer fragmenterat.

B tog tidiga båten, jag klev upp, gjorde frukost åt mig och S, sedan dök vi tillbaka i våra respektive sängar. Är det inte så man ska utnyttja annandagen så säg!

The misery that oppresses you lies not in your profession but in yourself! What man in the world would not find his situation intolerable if he chooses a craft, an art, indeed any form of life, without experiencing an inner calling? Whoever is born with a talent, or to a talent, must surely find in that the most pleasing of occupations! Everything on this earth has its difficult sides! Only some inner drive—pleasure, love—can help us overcome obstacles, prepare a path, and lift us out of the narrow circle in which others tread out their anguished, miserable existences! — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Goethe: bara ett starkt inre driv kan få en att överbrygga svårigheterna som kommer ens väg. Sant.

Hör en story om Buckminster Fuller, uppfinnaren som Joel Hellermark pratade så väl om. Han hade nått vägs ände i mitten av livet, blivit av med jobbet, hade inga besparingar, var på väg att ta sitt liv så att familjen kunde leva på hans livförsäkring. På vägen till självbordet hörde han en inre röst:

“From now on you need never await temporal attestation to your thought. You think the truth. You do not have the right to eliminate yourself. You do not belong to you. You belong to Universe. Your significance will remain forever obscure to you, but you may assume that you are fulfilling your role if you apply yourself to converting your experiences to the highest advantage of others.”

Du hör till universum. Finner detta oerhört fascinerande. Så många som refererar till denna term, överallt i min research och min läsning hittar jag detta refererande till universum och att vi alla tillhör det.

Hör även berättelsen om autistiska Temple Grandin, snubblade över hennes story i Clara Törnvalls bok Autisterna. Det finns även en film, Temple Grandin, finns på HBO Max, bör ses.

Robert Greene pratar om att inget gott kommer av att avvika från den väg som man är ämnat att ta. Det är lätt att avvika i jakten på kortsiktiga pengar, men så fort man tar den vägen så blir man distraherad och uttråkad och pengarna börjar snabbt sina.

Tänker på Graham Greene-citatet som följt mig hela livet: Genom hela mitt liv har jag undvikit det som inte legat för mig. Om det vara Graham Greene kan jag inte svära, men andemeningen var denna.

Det har varit välgörande att vara på Utö, att landa i något slags grundvatten, återbesöka en plats man nästan hunnit glömma finns i ens välbefinnande liv i allt det hysteriska som händer.

Kollar 3 Body Problem. Rätt kul ändå, kanske för att det är så många referenser till begrepp och fenomen man mött senaste åren: metaverse, kataklysmer, parallella världar, UFOn… Det är en lek med fysiken som är rätt kul, men nu håller på att flumma ut totalt. Får se vart det landar.

“In nature, nothing exists alone”. – 3 Body Problem