I didn’t intend to participate Helsinki Book Fair this year. But then a colleague was prevented from coming, and I was asked to jump in. So I changed my pyjama pants for Marimekko jumpsuit, drove to @messukeskus, and talked with visionary @elinakilkku about audiobooks and financial questions related to this particular platform economy. Yes, we were pretty critical! The discussion was lead by sharp & stellar @sinikkavuola.
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This made me happy today.
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What would be better way to celebrate a negative corona test result than by going to forest to pick up mushrooms?
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”Visibility does not provide a livelihood. Money does.”
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I participated in a campaign entitled ”Fair Pay Fair Art” in the end of January, when the ”Fair Art Manifest” video was shooted. The gist is that you shouldn’t ask an artist to do a job if you are not willing to pay for it. (Sorry to say, but it still happens a lot.)
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As you might guess, the launching of the campaign bogged down because of corona. But now it’s out & loud!
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A funny anecdote is related to the video. We were asked to characterize ourselves with three CV picks, one of which should be ”a bit unexpected”. After wondering and pondering I ended up being a ”lead singer in the punk band ’Kutisevat neitsyet’” (Itchy Virgins).
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Great! That looked good on the screen!
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Next we just needed to start a band. And I needed to learn how to sing. And we needed songs to sing…
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What then happened is quite difficult to distill, but Itchy Virgins’ 1st ever gig was in the end of this August. ...

Today is World Animal Day. This photo is taken in my grandparents home yard @sotkamo. I think I’m 12 years old, carrying my first furry pet Nekku Nestori in my hem. (The second photo represents the current feeling of my dearest Bouboulino.)
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At that time, during my pre-teens, I also became aware of animal rights movement and joined @animaliary.
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One of the main issues in the late 80’s was cosmetic testing on animals. Who could forget those terrible pictures of albino rabbits used in the Draize tests because ”they can’t cry”? Cats with implanted electrical devices on their brains? Socially deprived primates imprisoned in laboratories?
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This world is still tremendously far from being perfect, in too many respects, so we have no other option than keep up the work.
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I am sooooo happy to tell you that the Dutch Natalia is out! And that it already got a great review in the Dutch newspaper Het Parool! The same review is published also in the Belgian newspaper De Morgen.
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"This novel is about the subtle division of power. The one who has the words has the power. And the great storyteller in this setting is Natalia. The therapy sessions are a celebration of literature and art (think Niki de Saint Phalle, Georgia O'Keeffe, but also the tragedies of Greek mythology). Natalia plays an intellectual game about the appropriation of stories."
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Thanks for the English translation, Julia Kellums from @ahlbackliteraryagency!
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"Mijn vriendin Natalia" is translated by Sophie Kuiper & published by De Bezige Bij.
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