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mandag den 21. januar 2013

Tumor update Astrocytoma II

Scanningen viste ingen ændringer !

The scan showed no changes !

Next MRI in 12 months 


 Jeg er ikke stolt af det her, men jeg har slet ikke opdateret bloggen med det sidste scanningssvar som jeg fik i begyndelsen af December 2012. Da jeg stod og havde fået beskeden om at jeg var alvorlig syg var det første jeg gjorde at gå på internettet og lede efter information. Der var en masse frygtelige historier, og jeg oprettede den her blog med intentionen om at fortælle min historie. Nu går det godt, og jeg har ikke længere behov for at spilde min tanker og ængstelser ud. Det har fyldt så meget så længe, så at slippe for at skulle forholde mig til det har været ufattelig befrielse.
Det er 3 år siden at jeg blev opereret første gang og 2 år siden sidste operation. Der er ingen ændringer at se på den sidste MR-scanning af min hjerne. Jannick Brennum har indkaldt til næste scanning om et år i stedet for om et halvt år som det har været indtil nu. Det er et vendepunkt som giver mig håb. Tumoren som Jannick opererede ud fra min hjerne er en Astrocytoma grade II

Der bliver forhåbentlig ikke flere indlæg andet end positive scanningsvar de næste par år. Jeg er ufattelig træt af at tænke på og snakke om den, og nu vil jeg videre med mit liv. Jeg håber oprigtigt at google kan finde indlægget frem hvis du står i samme situation som jeg gjorde for 3 år siden.
Peace.

lørdag den 14. april 2012

I det store og hele hvor mange af de ting vi gør betyder egentlig noget?


So, I am running out of time here at Cape Verde. I am feeling a bit like I should have made more works but then when I think more about it I've definitely come further with my art.
Here is a list to justify the travels (I feel like getting it out. Stop it) :

-I have made 4 drawings that I actually like.

-I have gotten of that medication that I was taking. Last thing that daily reminded me of the tumor is now gone! I wanted to be a place with sun and heat while coming off them, and I can definitely feel that I am in a more 'sketchy' place than before feelings-wise but I can handle it. I don’t know if I could come off them if I was in Amsterdam and stressed so I am really grateful for this opportunity.

-I've missed Sofia terribly

I have a lot of video from here of me talking to the desert. I just don't feel it makes the cut. There's a long way from the initial thought to the final product and it embarrassingly bad I must say. I’ve decided to make a speech in Danish, but I want to rent a quad bike and drive really far out in the desert and film there. I don’t know if video is my medium. I get so incredibly shy each time I put the camera on a tripod and turn the lens at myself. I feel self-indulgent and there’s way too much of that kind of art around. I despise it.

I am in a better shape than I have ever been, I can’t really feel any difference in my ability to sleep or in my mood but it looks great.

I have started kite surfing again. It was the secret idea behind the travels in the first place, but the art has grown on me while being here.
I am no where near the stage of progress I was when I got paralyzed but I’ve kited maybe every second day and I can feel progress each time although it is so stressful making mistakes I know I would never have made before the hemorrhage.
Today I took a shot at some back rolls and (I think) I landed one. I am just not confident in my kiting anymore.
 Also my gear is falling apart – so far I’ve had 6 repairs where one was a major stitching – the canvas of my 10m kite just ripped in half. I need to buy some new (old) gear. Maybe the 2010 models, they really look like they act way faster than my kites. Also they’re single pump which is really an advantage

I have put serious consideration into what it means being an artist. I’ll probably make an update about that later on. I am especially interested in what settling means. I want to live somewhere warm, at least in the winters. It is only about 2 years left at my education in Amsterdam and I really want to think ahead now.  I definitely do not want to live at Cape Verde I have found out. I just feel like there is way too many artists around and to actually break loose and get success (as in making money/ getting a name) you either need to be an insanely persistent person or sell out. I’ve read everything I could come near on Damien Hirst – I am not too interested in his art but his ways of creating contacts and his persona is incredibly interesting.

I think I can talk better about my own works now. I’ve kinda had a block, which is not really my style. I wanted to stop bull shitting and actually say things that I believe in. It is too early to tell if it actually means anything what I say and that is what I hate about the world of contemporary art. You put up this guard of fancy words around your works and after you’ve read / finished listening you don’t know what is up and what is down.

I’ve taken 8 lectures by Mr. Rick Roderick called ‘the Self under Siege’ Basically it is about how the modern world attacks your person, your self. He bases his opinions in all the big philosophers of the 20th century and he does a really good job. It is a shame that he is dead. They can all be downloaded from here

Lastly I’ve decided to give it full power with my art when I come back.  I want to be consequent about my choices – and I want to PAINT. This year I have been experimenting a lot – as you do – but I am not feeling at home making sculptures or videos. I want to write texts and I want to paint. I am talking a lot about what I want to do instead of what I’ve done, but I don’t feel that looking back makes for any progress. I feel that writing it down in a ‘public forum’ makes the thoughts more ‘real’ (in lack of a better term).

4 ½ days left before reality kicks in           

torsdag den 5. april 2012

Virtual Postcard / diary


Besides from the artsy parts of my trip I have also brought my kite gear. I wanted to learn it again after my brain hemorrhage. I am still no where as good as I was before but I am progressing way faster then first time I learnt it. I am now at the stage where I can do a ’jibe’ it is turning directions by the means of a downloop. I can also go upwind, not as effectively as before but still adequate. I cannot jump safely, but it is only a matter of days. My biggest problem is controlling my left leg when in the water and squeezing my feet into the straps. You have to jiggle your foot to get it in there properly, and I am shit at that with my left foot. Also my leg gets fatigued faster and starts trembling but only after hours of kiting, so I can’t really complain. I think I have reached the stage of  ’best it can get’. I am in really good shape, I do hours of sport everyday and have done so for the last 2 months. I have barely seen any progress with my leg the last 3 weeks  My balance is better than ever I think, but I could definitely have a more precise control of movement and the speed is not as good as before. Also when I am walking in sand after a session I can feel the foot-lifting-reflex is very fatigued. Anyway, it is just personal interest, it is splitting hairs. I have made it my hobby.
The wind is pretty gusty compared to a lot of other places I have kited. No where near the gustyness of the cold fronts of northern Europe though. Yesterday was the most wind so far – around 20 knots.
I have seen a sea turtle going up for air, and I have seen a fish jump. Not a really big fish my guess is 50 cm and 5/6/7 kg. It looked like a wahoo. Yesterday I was out with my 7m kite as I had ripped the 10m. I had enough wind and it was awesome.
I am getting really tanned, not bad for April.

fredag den 16. marts 2012

Cabo Verde #1 - Köln - selbst-nachsicht

I am sitting at a Starbucks in Cologne just waiting for my flight. Currently there is 6 hours until departure. I got almost all the things on my to-do list done, I am pretty satisfied. Sofia and I moved out yesterday and all of my earthly belongings are stored around friends places - Except for my kite gear, guitar and laptop . I am looking forward to this.

I am reading a book called 'Thinking Through Craft' which has been inspiring. Especially the chapter on 'amateurism' . Did you know that it origins from latin and means 'lover of'? It is interesting how amateur art is frowned upon from the established art scene when the people making it basically do it for no other interest than. . I guess the love of making art. That is a pretty darn good vantage point in my opinion. Anyway, it is often decorative and sofa-pieces and without any edge what so ever and with an emphasis on Craft rather than Ideas and I guess that is why it is so terrible. Also there is a lot written on feminism and why knitting and pottery-painting and all that have such a low status. It is interesting definitely, but I just can not relate to it.
I have a hate-love relationship to the art world and all its premonitions and rules. On one hand I am curious whether if I can fake it , on the other hand I am extremely dissatisfied that it has come to that. Am I really that much of a pleaser that I want to let go on my own opinions just for the sake of other people? Is it for other people or am I just enjoying playing the game? I have no idea.

This text is not really thought through is it? Well, I have started writing now at least, more to come. I need to learn to talk about my own things way better than I do now. I need to start accepting that it is art and not just 'things'. I need to build up a vocabulary in english to when I am presenting my things. Oups, art. I need to figure out what it is about.

lørdag den 3. marts 2012

tumor update

Scanningen viste ingen ændringer !

The scan showed no changes !

Next MRI in 6 months

onsdag den 25. januar 2012

Wuhu! New computer!
Tomorrow I am moving to my new place where there is a lot more space. I am extremely stoked right now even though most of today has been yet another spent waiting in line at a bank. I can not believe how stupid a system it is. For every mistake I make, they make 2. I have finally gotten internet banking that actually works, but it was quite a fight and they had even sent the password to another bank. ludicrous.
I can't wait to start recording.

onsdag den 2. november 2011

work recess

My messy studio space before:
My still messy studio space - now with a lot more table space:











fredag den 28. oktober 2011

It is going very well work wise here in Amsterdam

-I have bought a domain - www.sorendilling.com - I have only managed to install indexhibit so far, but in time it is going to function as my online portfolio.

-I am working on a lot of different paintings and sculptures but I am taking my time and not rushing. I might upload some work-in-progress here on the blog though.



There seems to be a new wave of really good music coming out of Copenhagen the last month or so:



mandag den 26. september 2011

VIBRATIONS = SOUND


Ok.




I have started on Bachelor of Autonomous Fine Art at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.

I have gotten a half year MR scan which showed NO recurring tumor at all. It is as it should be, my next scan is in half a year at Rigshospitalet.


I haven't updated since I moved to Amsterdam, and I guess that it is kind of bad, but there are several reasons why:

First and foremost my computer broke down. The video card stopped working and the video card is integrated in the 'logic board' so you have to exchange the whole thing which will cost 900 euro :/ Goddammit.
I am sitting at my landlords computer updating now.

Secondly I am kind of busy working out the whole "moving-to-a-new-country-and-not-knowing-the-language" ordeal.

3: I also have been busy working on a "mindmap" (in lack of better word). I have decided to make art in every material that I can think of with a set theme. I already have ideas for several years worth of work, but I don't want to compromise on the quality so I will take it as it comes. Right now I am searching for a window viper engine. It would be no deal getting one in Copenhagen but I have no idea where to go here in Amsterdam.

Here is my first 'work' from Amsterdam, it is more like a sketch though, it is a site specific sound sculpture made from wood, rubberbands, and an old fan. It was for a show called NOTATIONS which was a week long workshop where we could choose to do a performance at the exhibition space or work at the school on our own stuff. The opening was Friday and it was a big success, I am really pleased with the level of the other students work.

VIBRATIONS = SOUND

lørdag den 25. juni 2011

Travel update






The revival of the blog turned out rather slow processed, but here is a travel blog update in Danish:

Jeg har lige faerdiggjort 'The terrible privacy of Maxwell Sim'. Det var en skidegod bog. Jeg laeser mange boeger for tiden. Faktisk saa mange at jeg ikke rigtig oplever noget andet, saa hvis du havde forventet et rejsebrev fyldt med beskrivelser af Guatemala er du velkommen til at stoppe med at laese. Fik jeg naevnt at jeg befinder mig i Guatemala ?

For knap to uger siden flyttede jeg fra min lejlighed i Koebenhavn og tog til Cancun i Mexico. Ikke fordi at der er noget specielt at se i Cancun, men fordi at der er billigt at komme til og man kan tage busser videre til mere spaendende steder. Jeg starter skole i Amsterdam til September saa der var ikke rigtig nogen grund til at blive i Koebenhavn, ligesom der saadan set ikke er nogen speciel grund til at jeg er taget til Centralamerika. Eller jo, jeg vil gerne laere at surfe. Og blive bedre til spansk ioevrigt. Jeg er ikke naaet til nogen kyst hvor det kan lade sig goere at surfe endnu, men jeg befinder mig ogsaa fint her og der er mange uger tilbage. Jeg er en mand med en plan.

Ruten:
Jeg ankom til Cancun, delte en taxa ind til bymidten. Der ligger en masse amerikanske resorts spredt rundt omkring, men altsaa den lokale bymidte hvor jeg fandt et luset hotel og lagde mig til at sove. Derefter tog jeg til Chetumal, derfra tog jeg en baad sydpaa til Belize, til en oe jeg tror der hedder San Pedro. Derfra til Belize City Og derefter med bus til Punta Gorda, derfra med faerge til Livingston. I Livingston tog jeg en hviledag og derefter til Rio Dulce hvor jeg tog endnu en hviledag og saa direkte med lokal transport til Antigua. 5(!) forskellige busser der hver var ubehagelige paa deres helt saerpraegede maade for at spare 50 kr, men det var da en oplevelse, og jeg er ogsaa lidt stolt over at jeg kunne finde vej. Fra Antigua er jeg taget til Lago Atitlan hvor jeg befinder mig nu. En bustur hvor jeg braekkede mig ikke mindre end 3 gange !. Heldigvis var der lige saadan en skyderude jeg kunne stikke hovedet ud af naar trangen meldte sig. Vejene her er i virkelig fantastisk stand i forhold til folkets fattigdom , men de er bare saa pisse snoede og chauffoererne koerer busserne som ind i helvede. Indtil jeg naaede San Pedro havde jeg rejst med et haandtegnet kort skriblet af fra en computerskaerm. I San Pedro laa der midlertidigt en Lonely Planet som jeg kunne bytte med romanen jeg havde koebt i Frankfurt lufthavn og det vil jeg da sige var lidt af et byt selvom det var en ret god bog.


at rejse alene er den stoerste kliche. Man kommer automatisk til at taenke alting ind i en stoerre sammenhaeng, de Store Tanker og alt det jazz. Jeg elsker det. Jeg staar ogsaa i en situation hvor jeg er mere fri end jeg nogensinde kan erindre at jeg har vaeret. Jeg ville gerne kunne sige at den foelelse som jeg har er en foelelse som man kun har naar man er lille, men sandheden er at jeg var et meget nervoest barn og overhovedet ikke var uden bekymringer. Men jeg har laert ikke at bekymre mig nu. Eller nej, det passer overhovedet ikke. Jeg er blervet bevidst om at jo mere ubekymret jeg er, jo gladere er jeg, men det er overhovedet ikke ensbetydende med at jeg er ubekymret. Jeg ser det lidt som en hellig gral, den totale frihed, puff og jeg bliver et med ingenting, opnaar nirvana og evig orgasmisk glaede - altsaa ubekymretheden. Og lige nu er jeg det maerkeligste sted (saadan rent foelelsesmaessigt) i mit liv jeg nogensinde har befundet mig. Jeg starter paa en uddannelse som jeg glaeder mig til uforbeholdent. Jeg har ikke nogen gaeld. Sygdommen er overstaaet (for nu). Jeg befinder mig i mellemamerika. Jeg har modtaget en forsikring som jeg overhovedet ikke turde tro paa at jeg ville faa, saa jeg er oekonomisk uafhaengig for en tid. Jeg har en raekke droemme som jeg ikke foeler er uopnaaelige. Jeg har endelig besluttet mig for at affinde mig med den person jeg er, det er en ret stor aabenbaring som jeg ved at det ikke er alle mennesker der naar at faa foer de doer. Jeg har ogsaa staerk mistanke om at den har meget med sygdommen at goere. Det er en ret abstrakt tanke som ikke giver saerlig meget mening nu naar jeg ser den paa skrift, og nu giver den heller ikke saerlig meget mening inde i mit hovede laengerer. Jeg slapper af og har indset at jeg ikke kan (eller skal) proeve at opnaa perfektion. For eksempel det rejseindlaeg her. Jeg laa i gaar nat og taenkte paa en masse kloge ting jeg kunne skrive i det. Jeg kan ikke huske dem nu, men jeg vil alligevel laegge det ud.
Maaske er det i virkeligheden ikke en saerlig stor ting, men jeg er ret opsat paa at vende oplevelserne fra de sidste halvandet aars mareridt til noget positivt. Ej det er lige grovt nok - det har ikke vaeret forfaerdeligt hele tiden, faktisk er det kun naar jeg har vaeret indlagt at jeg var helt modloes, og saa mindes jeg det faktisk ikke saa slemt. Det er en oplevelse som medfoerer en vis absurditet. Jeg synes ogsaa at naar jeg rejser at jeg kan se det hele lidt mere objektivt, og det er jo altid godt kan man vel sige. Men fordi at en hjernetumor er saa alvorlig en ting kan jeg ikke bare laegge det paa hylden og glemme det ligesom man kan med de fleste andre bekymringer. ´`Laer at leve med din doedsdom´ kunne man kalde bogen. ´Se din hjernetumor fra den lyse side´. `Hjernebloedninger for dummies´, `Dig og din Svulst´. Ej det er sort. Jeg maa godt, men du maa ikke.
Jeg tror at da jeg blev syg og der kom andre langt stoerrer bekymringer ind i billedet, at jeg lagde de gamle bekymringer paa hylden og det var det der skulle til for at loese dem. Jeg ser tankerne som en slags selvforstaerkende kraft.
Jeg goer mig (naturligvis) ogsaa mange tanker om det at doe, men det er maaske lidt morbidt at saette ned paa tekst i det der skulle have vaeret et harmloest rejseindlaeg. Det haenger ogsaa sammen med de boeger jeg har laest, to af dem har haft Death, manden med leen, paa rollelisten. Saa har jeg ogsaa laest ´´Schindlers Ark´ som senere blev til Spielberg-filmen Schindlers liste. Den er der ogsaa meget doed i siger jeg dig . Jeg synes det er et lidt tabubelagt emne. Vi skal jo allesammen derhen paa et eller andet tidspunkt, og jeg har overskuddet lige nu til at sige skidt pyt med om det bliver foer eller siden. Jeg tror at jeg vil tage paa bar naar jeg er faerdig her paa netcafeen. Jeg har iovrigt lige drukket en kop rigtig nice kaffe, det er lidt usaedvanligt for Guatemala selvom de dyrker pissegod kaffe. Normalt er det tyndt instant. Der er et citat jeg meget godt kan lide. Jeg har lige brugt den sidste halve time paa at lede efter det paa nettet men jeg kunne ikke finde det. Citatet er noget med at "Regeringen burde bruge deres penge anderledes end paa livsforlaengende operationer til pensionister, for saa meget er der jo heller ikke at leve for".
Eller noget i den dur. Jeg kan meget godt lide det citat. Jeg er slet ikke ked af det men jeg er heller ikke jublende glad for tiden. En slags melankolsk glad maaske ? Det er i hvert fald en passende slags glad. De naeste planer omfatter at tage til El Salvador og koebe en guitar, saa snart min mave tillader at jeg tager videre. Det er ikke tyndt nok til at man kan kalde det diarre, men det er saa absolut heller ikke rart.

Jeg kom lige i tanke om at ideen med den rejse her fra starten har vaeret at vise overfor mig selv at jeg `stadig kan´. Jeg har bare taget det som saadan en selvfoelge at jeg ikke har taenkt over det et oejeblik. Jo, det passer faktisk ikke. Da jeg var paa vulkanen og skulle klatre lidt mindede det meget om genoptraeningen paa plejehjemmet paa Noerrebro. Naar jeg skulle hoppe ned fra sten skulle jeg huske at give efter i knaene og saadan. Det var virkelig en fantastisk genoptraening, jeg maa huske at ringe til Sonja efter ferien og sige tak. Jeg er ogsaa meget mere klar over mine graenser end jeg var pre-sygdom og det er jeg et eller andet sted lidt ked af, men jeg ved at min mor aander lettet op naar hun laeser det. Et andet formaal med rejsen er ogsaa at finde en lejlighed i Amsterdam. Det gaar ret godt , jeg har mange traade ude, og her kan man bare spoerge en hollaender om hjaelp med en saetning, den mulighed har jeg ikke i dk. Jeg har faktisk lige idag moedt en pige der har gaaet paa Rietveld. Det er hende der har taget det nederste billede af de to drenge, saa god er jeg slet ikke. Jeg toer ikke fotografere mennesker. Af boeger er jeg igang med "The time travellers wife". Den er meget romantisk.

De bedste hilsener til alle (og fuck til alle jer der skal paa roskilde i morgen),
Soeren

tirsdag den 19. april 2011

I GOT IN AT GERRIT RIETVELD ACADEMIE

Guess I'm moving to Amsterdam for 3 years now :)

Study starts September 5th . I'm going directly to the Fine Arts course skipping the foundation year.

tirsdag den 5. april 2011

New sunglasses (Monday night update)


I was skimming the internet for new sunglasses and I instantly fell in love with this company's. They're made out of untreated wood ! And their marketing department is right down my lane. I'm sold.
Aww, it's a shame that I just bought flight tickets to Amsterdam and that I have no money what so ever.



I was looking for a slim suit as well. I want to buy my first suit and I am thinking of going for something like a black jazz musician from the 40's would wear. Maybe something a bit Dior Hommeish/Tom Fordish/Andre 3000ish:
( why is it, that all of these decisions happens when you're completely broke.)


I am applying for Bergen art academy in Norway. It is the most rainy city in Europe but their art academy is supposedly good. The application deadline is the 15th, which leaves me a week. I have to finish the home assignment from Rietveld in Amsterdam as well, my interview is the 14th of April. Glasgow gave me a no, I am not fond of that. 'Det kongelige danske kunstakademi' didn't even want to interview me, I was prepared for that so it was not a big thing. 53 people are being interviewed, about half of them get into the school and we were 800-1000 applicants. I'm still waiting for the answers from Edinburgh but I'm not expecting it. It was 1 out of 8 that statisticly is going to study at the school (from this point on).

I got the answers from the 3 month-scan - There was no sign of tumour showing on it. . I should be so happy , but there's just too much going on around me and I'm still very confused from the hemorrhage (emotionally as well as . . I can't remember - which is pretty indicative for me right now). I hope that I'll be able to feel joy that the tumour is gone for now. The list of things I've forgotten is endless - I've locked myself out two days in a row etc. but it is not a new thing, I've always been way absentminded - at least now I have an excuse.

I've started running. I have a 3 km route that I run, for a long time my knee would hurt halfway through but finally I can run it without breaking down in pain and agony. I can now run it in 18.52.
I have to stay fit, and it's a good way of doing it, although I've never been much of a sportsman. Whether I win or lose I just don't care. As a way of having a goal, I've decided that I want to have the body of Brad Pitt in Fight Club. Yyyeep. I'm a bit shorter than him, but the weight is the same. I've found a work out-plan on da interweb (http://www.sixpacknow.com/brad_pitt_abs_workout.html - jeez). I'm not a fan of big muscles, and I'll for shure never experience having it, but at least there's a goal now, and not a completely unobtainable one.

mandag den 21. marts 2011

REVIVAL

After more than 3 months of no activity on the blog I've decided to give it a go again.

In December I was busy with a lot of things including the exhibition at my old art school

January 5th I got another operation. The surgeons in Copenhagen were in doubt of the thing showing on the scan. In Odense they said to me it was scar tissue - in Copenhagen they recommended yet another operation (the 4th). As a complication after the operation I got a brain hemorrhage.
The brain hemorrhage left me paralyzed in my left side, but I have been in a herculean training programme since and I am almost fully recovered now. I have to stay really fit for the rest of my life though, unless I want a stiff leg. I am still really tired from the operation but not as dark sighted as in January.

I have applied to art schools in Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Copenhagen. 3 of them I had to apply while hospitalized, but it all went well - I'm at stage 2, the interview, at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Amsterdam! There is only the interview at the Rietveld academie in Amsterdam left, but I could have been better prepared for Edinburgh&Glasgow. I am still dazed from the brain hemorrhage and the two operations so I guess that I should appreciate my efforts even though I know that I could have done better. 'Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi' in Copenhagen I have not heard from yet.
Although it could be awesome to study art, I feel like a 4'th gap year would not be a waste of time. It leaves me with the feeling that it is all going to be okay, what ever happens.

Lately I've been diggin' (which means the last week) :

David Kramer

Andrew Pekler

..and I bought an awesome book in Berlin called 'cutting edges'

aaaaand:

Matta - Release The Freq from Kim Holm on Vimeo.

fredag den 29. oktober 2010

SE Asian style fried fish (would be delicious right now)



Wednesday/Thursday and today have been madly inspiring. First of all I've realized that I got way more energy than before (post-operation). Head ache seems to be almost gone now, it's pretty scary how much stuff you take for granted. I realized that I haven't been popping pain killers the couple of days, which is a really big thing. Still scares me what is/was the cause of the head ache, but hopefully it's nothing.
Secondly I had those talks Wednesday which was a really good thing. Yesterday I did a landscape painting which took all day: (there's a pretty bad glare on the photo)Today I've gotten my tattoo finished and I went to KE10 art exhibition at Carlsberg. I also made some drawings on paper (the photo quality is due to the built-in camera in my computer)

onsdag den 27. oktober 2010

Wednesday rant

Had a day at school that rocked. I was speaking to nothing short but 3 different artists about my own stuff (my oeuvre apparently). I had one of these moments where you in a very short time get very far. Amazing that I've spent so much time painting without realizing the quality in the ideas (or lack of 'fcourse). I'm pretty excited to get started at new stuff now - I had to reconsider a lot of different things. Not that I think the stuff I've been working at is complete shit - I've just come to mind with that it's time to take it to the "next step" -not quite sure what that is though, but I'm ready for next chapter.

I've decided to try my luck at the art academies. I've been contemplating for a while but now I'm pretty sure that it's the direction I want to go in. It is cool that I'm at two different schools that are both preparatory for the academies. The application dates are all in spring so there's plenty of time to make lots of new shit. I've been concerning about whether I was ready to start next year, but I'm pretty sure that it's gonna be okay (if I get in that is). Last year I tried applying for design school, but only half hearted - I had just gotten the news about the brain tumour, and that kinda took up loads of thinking time around then. My biggest concern now is, if it's too soon to start school. I'm still very concerned that if I only have few years left I'll regret spending them going to school. On the other hand it's probably not impossible to take gap years and spend the time doing dumb shit.. Anyways, it is not the end of the world if I don't get in at any academy - I'll just have another year of fun-time (it's a win-win).

The last couple of weeks I've been partying pretty hard, now I feel like being a bit serious again. For some reason I've been eating crap take-away food exclusively - time for a change at that point as well.

søndag den 19. september 2010

Ude på noget

Weekend spent mostly drunk.
Next week is going to be awesome, I can feel it.

The half-year scan.
Apparently the doctors have ruled out both infection and tumor which means that the thing showing on the scan is scar tissue.. I'm very relieved, but at the same time it means that I either have to live with it or have the scar tissue removed - which means yet another operation. There's a risk that the skull plate gets infected again if I get the operation. I suppose that the headache is because of the scar tissue. I guess that I'm waiting a bit to see if the headache goes away then.
At the same time I have a hard time trusting what the doctors and surgeons are saying. Deciding from a MR-scan seems like a pretty guessing kinda way, I guess it's better than having my head opened again, but still. Eh.
I wish I had those pictures of my brain. When I had the 2nd operation I asked to have the skull piece, but they threw it out. I wanted the tumour as well but it had been sliced up to decide which kind of tumour it was. I went to hospital and all I got was this lousy scar. And my life. Once again - free healthcare is not a bad thing.

onsdag den 15. september 2010

Night session

I just spent an entire night in the studio being productive. It feels awesome. I'm working completely different at night, I'm not stressing, I'm not wasting time on facebook, the difference is tremendous. I'm almost ready to leave the first painting I did in oil, looking forward to stash it away or sell it or what ever happens.

Here is a sketch for a canvas I just bought. the canvas is 200x150 cm and it's gonna be great getting started. I have a tendency of not spending enough time on the prepratory stages, I've decided that this time I won't start before I have a completed sketch of the painting. My teachers are encouraging me to "break loose" and kinda freestyle, which I'll definitely experiment with. Only problem is, that I don't like any paintings that seem to be made in a "stream of conscienceness", I don't really know what the success criterias are going to be.


I also took some quick'n'blurry snaps of rainy Copenhagen at night:











I had my head scanned again recently because I felt a strong headache every day. The scan showed something that could either be scar tissue, infection or tumour. Doctor decided to wait and scan again in 3 months. It leaves me without any redemption but at least I'm not going to get surgery now. I had expected the worst so I was relieved when the surgeon told me about the scan, but the waiting time is the hardest thing ever. The scan was 2 weeks ago and since then I've been busy and tired, at the same time I've just had this huge urge to live it up. It's been some crazy 14 days. It's going to be exactly the same in 3 months, I'm just hoping that the Something was infection and not a malignant tumour.
At the same time I've been struggling to figure out that health care/ social benefits thing. I've managed to get some monthly money, but the amount is not even enough to cover the costs of the apartment I live in. I feel embarrassed every time I talk to the local authority, at the same time I feel that there's no doubt that I'm entitled to some money - being so #€% tired every day. If I was not at this school that's preparatory for the art academy I would be wasting government funds being at university studying something that I would never be able to finish - due to the tiredness. Waaaaahhh!

tirsdag den 31. august 2010

First post from art school.




Can't find my camera charger so here's what I've been working on recently as seen through the tiny lens of my computer.



Most of my time have not been spent painting but in a Kafkaesque entanglement trying to figure out the danish social security system. Still have no idea how it works, or how to get to that pot of gold. Which turns out not to be made of gold at all. If I manage to get things the way they should be, I still won't be able to pay my rent. I have no idea what to do, most of all I feel like emigrating to Canada. Blah. If I can't work it out it'll mean that I have to drop out from school to have the time to work. I got surprised at how little energy I have now that I'm back in reality from my travels. Most days my energy drops around 5pm and I either fall asleep or, uhm, fall asleep.

tirsdag den 22. juni 2010

Coffee&Cigarettes


I took this photo yesterday night around this time. It's 3.27 am, I'm in my painting studio and it's beautiful outside. I've smoked too many cigarettes and drunk waaay to much coffee to be able to sleep. I've crossed out 5 things on my to-do list before I leave for the Dominican Republic today, it's pretty good but it is also just the ones that are easily done. Still no return-ticket bought. I want to travel a bit in Cuba but flights are incredibly expensive on such short notice.
I'm leaving in 10 days.
I'm listening to Portishead and I'm feeling good.
I've been working on some illustration ideas for a friend of mine. He's releasing 6 tracks and he has asked me to do some artwork to go along. I'm left rather sheepish as it's my first proper "job" and I really want the result to be good. Problem is, he left it up to me what to draw. I should put a deadline out for myself.
You can listen to Mr. Tom Morley on his myspace profile