Category Inspiration
Celo Inn an oases in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Celo Inn is a one of the places on earth where I feel in tune with the universe. Somehow this place nestled in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina embraces me so warmly. It is a little strange since I usually want to be close to the ocean to a get a “home feeling”. At Celo […]
Busboys and poets
When you travel trough Washington DC by car you drive by places of power and places of control. For me the area around the national mall has always been a scary place. For me the city has been important as a base for family gatherings. I also love the warm dark nights (sammetsnätter) which we […]
Slow design and slow parade
Yes there is slow design in Amsterdam! An amazing socially and sustainably responible design project investigating slow creative potentials of people, place and time! In 2010, the design research organization slowLab (US/NL) began a partnership with the Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy in Amsterdam to explore the potentials of a ‘Slow-er’ Lloyd. “As a further development of her project, Lekker Vies, designer […]
The Portrait of a Writer (1)
Inspiring blog about writing!
Sommarprat om idéer som kan förbättra världen och jantelagen
Trita Parsi är idag är flitigt anlitad av både CNN och BBC framförallt på grund av hans expertis om relationerna mellan USA, Iran och Israel. Han blev tilldelad The Grawemeyer Award med motiveringen ”för idéer som kan förbättra världen”. Parsi grundade i början på 2000-talet organisationen National Iranian American Council som verkar för att göra den iranska rösten starkare i […]
Snagfilms – your home for great films
Snagfilms is a great indie documentary site. There are so many films that never get to the movie houses (especially in Scandinavia) and Snagfilms is where you can find some great independent films. On the Snagfilm site*, you’ll find the work of professional filmmakers and there is also a student section. The films were selected by their […]
Cia Rinne – listening for other languages
Hannah Lutz’ paper “Cia Rinne and the soundpoetic event: Listening for other languages” in the online magazine Baltic Worlds introduces the Finnish multilingual and multitalented poet Cia Rinne. Hannah asks in her paper how the soundpoetic event can be approached in the form of an article in a journal. I give the floor to Hannah… Some amazing digital […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
"I am linked therefore I am" 