New Year, the time of the year when people make resolutions. I didn’t. I won’t. But I decide to take a deep look into a mirror and ask some questions. Even if I wouldn’t like the answers I thought it might be worth asking. Questions touching the core, the essence…

In English the word “shackles” often refers to chains used for punishment — something which is used to tie you down. In sailboats they are used differently — they connect some essential pieces together. There is a variation called the soft shackle. Lightweight, it is like a bracelet, and it…

A project I started about ten years ago… and almost immediately abandoned as flash became obsolete and HTML5 was still in its infancy. But – things have changed and I thought it would be a good time to rekindle this one. …

No. It was not Photoshop, nor going digital. Not iPhone, nor touch devices in general. And it was no apple from a tree someone ate a long time ago. But there was a definite, decisive moment. It was the moment we turned the camera from the world into ourselves. …

Looking at the offing. I am lost in the narrative of others — same time feel I have lost my own. There is no wind. But there will be. Will sail further. (I have started to write these musings and more personal pieces in MEDIUM lately If you like my scribbles here, please give me a clap or two (or ten) below — see the hands-symbol? — it means a lot to me and it is really rewarding to see people really read — even appreciate what you are trying to say. Then again, if you consider it utter trash… don’t. )

Winter blues, you know the feeling? Well, if you live in the North Pole as we do, you most likely do. Lately it has gotten pretty bad. Like: insomnia, anxiety, stomach aches, worrying yourself sick how the kids (actually teenagers already…) are doing, etc. In the simplest of terms: I…

It is kind of a paradox that as easy as life is nowadays for so many of us, these moments of simple, pure happiness do not occur more often. When have you been the happiest? Sure, if you are asked “when were you the happiest?” you can always refer to…

Summer came and with it balmy and breezy weather.

This is a tribute to a photographer — and a friend – who unfortunately no longer is with us. The text is adapted from the multimedia piece I did on his life’s work . ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO I came across an article in the Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) monthly supplement…