Saturday, March 20, 2010

Heart sings

This is the marvelous Violeta Luz. She is an unstoppable teacher of life. I lived with her and her family in São Paulo, and now they are all on the river banks of the great river Ganges awaiting the arrival of her new brother. Tonight my heart sings purely of love for her. Eternal blessings reside in the eyes of the child.


lights out…
the firefly
inside



Haiku by Peggy Lyles.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Population statistics: Persons with refugee background

"Approximately 143 000 persons with a refugee background were living in Norway on 1 January 2009. More than half had Asian backgrounds. The two largest groups were persons from Iraq and Somalia.

Out of the total population with refugee backgrounds almost 73 per cent have come to Norway as principal applicants and 23 per cent as dependents. With a total of 18 700 persons, Iraqis make up the largest group. The second largest group consists of persons with a Somali background (16 700).

Monday, March 15, 2010

My minds eye sees when my vision is inpaired

In the same line as the previous entry this picture was taken at Store Lungegårdsvann. Suddenly we were surprised by a snow storm so dense that we could not see clearly ahead, forget about the other side of the lake. Still images of the place reside deep inside our subconscious always reminding us of the situation. I observed these images of a "normal" day presented on a screen before my minds eye.

What is "real"?

On a very cloudy night some days ago I shot this image from my living room window up in the Sandviken mountains. The view to the sea was completely obscured by the misty air and the surrounding buildings reflected themselves in my windows. However magical the mind still knows what is really "real". It knows, from experience, what the landscape really is like, and does not get afraid by this temporary coat. Still it looked like this for a moment, and the atmosphere got us lighting candles in tune with the outside expression, and feelings matching what we saw emerged in us. Where do I end and what is outside me begin? The borders are blurry. We are one. I am constantly moulded by my surroundings. I imagine forever living in such a landscape - the constant "me" would be quite different. My perception of reality would be something else.

Change reveals beauty

The snow has just melted enough on the shores of Store Lungegårdsvann to reveal beautiful moss. I found this haiku at happyhaiku.blogspot.com.


Waiting for you -
the moss on the walls
grows steadily


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Gypsys also belong here


In the local Bergen newspaper Bergens Tidene there was an article about the US critique of how gypsys are treated in Europe. The Romani prople in Europe have problems with habitat, jobs and schools, and they are risking their lives. This worries the US.

The article tell about a Romano man that was shot and killed outside his house in Hungary, the sole reason being his descendant. In another village fire bombs were thrown into the house of a young family, and the son and the young son were shot down when they ran out of the house. Something similar happened in the Czech Republic where the family of a two year old girl burned inside.

Six people were shot in Hungary before the police managed to arrest four men. A member of the government characterized them as "racist mass murderers". This systematic oppression and abuse happens in calm European villages, and in some areas it is so grave that the UN, Amnesty International and the US are warning European governments.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Perception and understanding the brain

How the brain is developed

I found this one also on the Neurophilosophy blog. Our brains are still influenced and still evolve even when we are adults, just not as rapidly as when we were small babies.

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