TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Monday, March 7, 2005

6:02 PM
Posted by jodi rose

reading pico iyer: the global soul
perfect text for a state of displacement and disconnection
talks about 'how to find moorings, foundations, fixed points in a broken, altered time'? and 'very few [of the books speaking of our global future] have spoken of our dreams, our disconnection, our displacement, or being lost within a labyrinth of impersonal spaces' and on jetlag ' a realm of spaced out dreaminess where something in one doesn't engage, and something else comes loose, so one is left either skating giddily, heart wide open, on the surface of oneself or feeling mysteriously clogged somehow, heart high in mud'.

indeed.
had a lovely 'global soul' experience on the train sunday morning, two boys trying to say 'it's a very sunny day' in finnish through english, I looked up and smiled then the woman next to us helped with the finnish - they are studying here from tanzania, where it's mostly sunny, and she talked about visiting sydney and cairns where it rained a lot. but no snow in either place...

on my way to mika and lasse's place in espoo for their winter party.
had my first downhill sliding experience (well ok first physical rather than metaphoric) on a sled - it was fast and fun and very silly ended up covered in snow from taking the corners too tight, and the hill was much bigger than I expected. then had first sauna for this visit - damn it's been too long!! mari and esse made cabbage soup, very delicious with celery, pepper and creme fraiche, and hot chocoloate with rum (do you see a theme developing here?) mikko et al came along after the ice fishing, although didn't want to discuss what they had caught.

today is writing up plans, ideas and oh yes that 10,000 words. hmmm
best go and get to work now ;)