This is not a blog, only an electric island referencing various places in the real world of spirit and soul and body. I'm not against digital streams of media, but would like to encourage all of you to keep your handwriting Beautiful, Good and Truthful. Many of these texts have been changed along the way. There is an acoustic / ascetic X.X.X.X called Thirst, playing on a broken-hearted flagship, my broken Landola Maestro (from 1988) named after the Hospitaller St. Anne.
Old Riga Romanticism
Of Love and Grand Mothers
Ukko-Kolin huipulla tuulee
A meeting place of lovers
11.11.18 More Blues and Jazz for the Beloved (God)mother, Hamina & 19.11.17 Grandfather's Home Blues / Military Music For The Godmother, Kirkkojärvi, Hamina I played for my godmother(s) again. I was asked for some more Cohen. But the other time was my own obsession. I had failed so miserably the night before, that I needed to prove myself I still got the blues and jazz kiss my ass going on strong enough.
18.11.17 Folk-Iltamat, Pub Albert, Kotka (w/ Tuukka Sandström) Another dis-aster date in Kotka city. I had met Sandström earlier that autumn, and we had songs to play. So he arranged a gig for us. Tuukka performed really well, singing his own songs in Finnish. When it was my turn, I couldn’t really hear myself. The man was in shape, the voice worked well and the memory, too. The guitar went out of tune half-way and the rest was like Vysotsky (except that it was Cohen). I was depressed for months after this. Though I had a real premonition, it still hurt like hell.
10.-11. & 17.11.17 Lit the Candle (Again), L.C. one year on, Hautajaismuistojuhlasoitot & Dress Rehearsal Rag Time(s), Tallinmäki, Hamina (w/ Tuukka Sandström)
25.7.17 Puutarhajuhlat (Födelsedagfest), Karjaa (w/ Lars Karlsson)
1.7.17 Hautajaismusiikkia, Kirkkojärvi, Hamina
25.3.17 Esteettinen Metamorfoosi, olohuonekonsertti, Espoo
24.7.16 Harjulan Iltasoitto, Kirkkojärvi, Hamina Disappointed in my performance the day before, I wanted to try again. The Lady of the Hat left early from the garden party, so I went and played a little concert in her living room. She gave me this hat I have been wearing, since the summer of 2000. It is my great grandfather's hat. This time the concert was good and everything worked. The lady knew her Cohen, and spoke a few words of wisdom about the music: to keep the magic alive, one has to play the songs quietly and with..…
23.7.16 120 Kesää / Puutarhajuhlat, Kirkkojärvi, Hamina (w/ Tomi Pekkola) My parents wanted to have a garden party to celebrate their 60th birthdays, hence the title "120 summers". There were a lot of people and I had to use electricity for the second time in a row. We built up a stage under an apple tree. It looked nice, but I didn't like the sound. We played a few songs with the Master of the Mandolin, Tomi Pekkola. And Love itself was even caught on a video clip. I played a lot of songs later, alone. After the first set list, when the equipment and myself were starting to warm up and the afternoon became evening, it started rolling. I didn't know anything about Cohen's new themes or Marianne, but those days the muse died and the poet followed her soon after. I wrote a poem in the end of July, and used a few lines that would fit in. This was also the time when I published the old scrap book (again), The Nameless TYM, which begins and ends with a quote taken from Love itself.
30.3.16 Pyhän Antoniuksen Tuli (julkaisujuhlat), Bar Loose, Helsinki (w/ Guggenheim projectz etc) There was a stage named after my (anti)hero Kari Peitsamo, and I got to perform there. This was like a dream coming true. I did not know about it, until I was making a soundcheck and noticed the sign on the wall: Kari Peitsamo stage. The happening was about Mika Pekkola's new book, Pyhän Antoniuksen Tuli. He asked me to come and play at the publishing party, and I could not say no. Read the book, follow the trail, see the crow with a host or two. It was Joan of Arc, Avalanche, Who by Fire and True Love. There were other (and better) artists, also. And there I was, talking about another great (anti)hero of my youth, Taneli Jarva, when I looked out the window of the bar and thought I saw him, with his family, walking on the other side of Anne street.
The rest of the live journal (2007-2014) could be read in Almost a lover for Leonard Cohen
"Rakas ystävä!"
From der Angstweg to Alexandria
Crossville skyline and all the romance
Terveisiä pahasta paikasta
Teksti on alunperin kirjoitettu ja julkaistu lokakuussa 2006 (englanninkieliset osat kirjoitettu 2005).
The Moves I-VII
So, the MOVES have been social in one way or another, and this is only my point of view. It may not concern the whole project or band itself. By the same token, it does not prevent me from stating this. And the social sculpture of Beuys is very much and always a part of it, we are individuals and social beings in a spiritual reality. I still owe my gratitude to everyone responsible. You made it real for me, and I have made these themes for you, too. Forgive me, if this doesn't sound right. But it's the truth, and nothing......
Writing it down for you, like it or not
Valvojan Rukous, Vanhoja Runoja
Vanhoja Runoja sisältää viitteitä henkisen tiedon alkeiden ymmärtämiseen, sekä niihin keskusteluihin tai kiistelyihin joita vasta sen jälkeen voidaan totuuden nimissä käydä. En kuvittele tietäväni paljoakaan. Tiedän kuitenkin, ettei näistä aiheista puhuminen tai kirjoittaminen ole suositeltavaa, ellei ole ymmärtänyt eräitä lähtökohtia. Olen esittänyt sellaisia sadun- tai unenomaisen keskustelun muodossa. En väitä, että teoksessa olisi mitään ihmeellistä tai erityisen tärkeää. Lähinnä viittaan sisäiseen tilaan, jossa henkiset aihepiirit ylipäätään voivat avautua ihmiselle. Ne ovat luonteeltaan senkaltaisia, ettei niitä voida lähestyä kuin hartaalla, kunnioittavalla ja avoimella mielellä. Tänä päivänä sellaisen mielenlaadun saavuttaminen on hyvin vaikeaa (tulematta hölmöläiseksi, mikä estää asioiden ymmärtämisen yhtälailla).
The Temple of the Grail
On the Way to Sophia / Pyhä Viisaus
Kallvik used to be the place where SuomiFilmi came to shoot many of its nature scenes. Situated by the end of a metro line, reached after a short walk, there is a haven waiting for the city pilgrim who makes it this far. Beginning at the strange-looking Black Stone's Park, one will see how the scenery changes with every step, slowly, to a different kind of atmosphere. Finally, there is a forest path with old and tall pine trees and a beautiful seascape, not unlike the ancient Byzantine paths found in the Greek islands. Kallistos Ware told us a few years ago on his visit to Sophia cultural centre, that "who ever does not love trees, does not love Christ", quoting once again his old teacher, saint Amphilocius of Patmos.
Pyhä Viisaus, Hagia Sofia, on nimetty Konstantinopolin / Istanbulin esikuvan mukaan, ja liitetään ortodoksisen kirkon piirissä erityisesti Kristukseen. Historiallisesti maailmalla hämmennystä ja erilaisia tulkintoja osakseen saanut "Viisaus" on yhä herättänyt keskustelua siitä, mihin sana todellisuudessa viittaa. Kreikan Sofia nähtiin jumalattarena. Heprean Chokmah kertoo Isän viisaudesta, joko sananlaskujen mukaisesti tyttärenä tai kirjaimellisesti saavuttamattoman "isällisen sanan" virran muodossa; viittauksissa ilmenee mystinen yhteys 10. ja 2. sefiran välillä, sekä erilaiset tulkintaperinteet rabbien keskuudessa, mikä kuvastaa todellisen juutalaisen esoteerisen perimätiedon laajuutta ja syvällisyyttä. Myös ortodoksiteologiassa on ollut monenlaisia käsityksiä. Sofiaa kuvattiin naisellisena enkelihahmona alla olevassa ikonissa, joka on kopio alunperin ilmeisesti vuonna 1674 maalatusta karjalaisesta Jumalan Viisaus -ikonista. Kristus on Sofian yläpuolella. Voidaan viitata "Kristuksen Sofiaan", joka ei ole asiayhteydestään irrallaan. Kuvat Antti Filppu.
Monta vuotta sitten, kun elin vaikeita aikoja elämässäni ja minut oli vallannut epätoivon mieliala, isä Teofilos rohkaisi minua kertomalla, miten vanha kokenut samurai opetti nuorta noviisiaan taisteluun:





