Ach i am starting missing Sweden when I read about the water process. I can see you walking the path to get water. And I can smell the forest. Thank you for desrcibing the beautiful ritual but also the problems. Jul-Vatt-Anna
So glad to hear that Aleksa! If my words can woo you back to the neighborhood from tropical forest garden paradise I am much delighted. The sun is out today and song swans are returning. Spring is on the way!
So much here Julia to carry with me, enjoying its substance and nourishment- carrying water, marrying water, town as body, all rich contemplations, delivered so sensually by you, thank you!
Not so far from Söderttälje is a sewage system that I fell in love with as a teenager. It is in the town of Järna. When I was there, I walked through a beautiful park that was designed to compost human waste from the area. It started with a tiny building, then a bog with added microbes, and the water traveled down through several marshes, each one specifically designed for this purpose of cleaning with its own palette of microbes and filtering plants. Then, the water traveled through stone waterfalls - apparently mathematically calculated with cleansing twists and turns. Physics and biology combined in the most beautiful and effective way to clean literal shit. At the end of the park it was so sparkling clean I could drink it - although I didn't.
I’m so glad you had the chance to meet! Such a beauty it is Katarina, the sewerage system of Ytterjärna. Thank you for mentioning it here!
I rent a studio just beside these ponds and love to walk among them on my breaks. As you say, it is so clean, there are no bad smells at all! The system balanced with microorganisms and the place is teeming with life.
We are building a mini version of this system in the forest for our eventual ARTISTS in RESONANCE studio/house.
I took some pics of the waterfalls you mentioned with the ice formations a couple of weeks ago. If I can’t post in this thread, I’ll share them in Notes.
Ah, the inspiration that must come from there! Then it is my new dream to be an artist in resonance one day. I am an emerging sound artist, I recently had my very first exhibition, Skogen forteller / Meahccehallan here in Bergen.
Thank you for recording your thoughts, it was a pleasure and inspiration to listen.
Wonderful to hear Katarina and congrats on your exhibition! Wishing you good winds in sound art making and looking forward to welcome you as an Artist in Resonance!
The boat house is amazing 😍
Thanks Sophie ❤️ beauty does indeed outweigh convenience!
Ach i am starting missing Sweden when I read about the water process. I can see you walking the path to get water. And I can smell the forest. Thank you for desrcibing the beautiful ritual but also the problems. Jul-Vatt-Anna
So glad to hear that Aleksa! If my words can woo you back to the neighborhood from tropical forest garden paradise I am much delighted. The sun is out today and song swans are returning. Spring is on the way!
Loved it. Thanks Julia
Cheers Jonathan
Water and wife
…till death do us part
So much here Julia to carry with me, enjoying its substance and nourishment- carrying water, marrying water, town as body, all rich contemplations, delivered so sensually by you, thank you!
Thank you Sally! I so enjoy the exchange if waters between us, lots of buckets passed back and forth.
Not so far from Söderttälje is a sewage system that I fell in love with as a teenager. It is in the town of Järna. When I was there, I walked through a beautiful park that was designed to compost human waste from the area. It started with a tiny building, then a bog with added microbes, and the water traveled down through several marshes, each one specifically designed for this purpose of cleaning with its own palette of microbes and filtering plants. Then, the water traveled through stone waterfalls - apparently mathematically calculated with cleansing twists and turns. Physics and biology combined in the most beautiful and effective way to clean literal shit. At the end of the park it was so sparkling clean I could drink it - although I didn't.
I’m so glad you had the chance to meet! Such a beauty it is Katarina, the sewerage system of Ytterjärna. Thank you for mentioning it here!
I rent a studio just beside these ponds and love to walk among them on my breaks. As you say, it is so clean, there are no bad smells at all! The system balanced with microorganisms and the place is teeming with life.
We are building a mini version of this system in the forest for our eventual ARTISTS in RESONANCE studio/house.
I took some pics of the waterfalls you mentioned with the ice formations a couple of weeks ago. If I can’t post in this thread, I’ll share them in Notes.
Thanks for your beautiful comment!
Ah, the inspiration that must come from there! Then it is my new dream to be an artist in resonance one day. I am an emerging sound artist, I recently had my very first exhibition, Skogen forteller / Meahccehallan here in Bergen.
Thank you for recording your thoughts, it was a pleasure and inspiration to listen.
Here are the frozen flow forms, with water still streaming under the ice. https://substack.com/@artistsinresonance/note/c-98659878?r=2x8ya8&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Wonderful to hear Katarina and congrats on your exhibition! Wishing you good winds in sound art making and looking forward to welcome you as an Artist in Resonance!
Thank you so much!
This is so beautiful.
Thank you Kara!
https://johnshanewayofthepoet.substack.com/p/to-those-who-poison-the-water
TO THOSE WHO POISON THE WATER…JOHN SHANE
https://johnshanewayofthepoet.substack.com/p/to-those-who-poison-the-water