FOLIO ELEVEN

Featuring local scenes from the Kamppi and Hietalahti regions of the Northern Extreme.

Somewhere between ‘Ukrainian Easter Eggs’ and ‘Russian Nesting Dolls’ we find these curiosities from forgotten lands. Wedding gifts? Religious relics? Trading items? Some have interpreted the object the boy is playing with (top left) as an early ‘zero-gravity device’ used by everyday Tatarians around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, but the text associated with the picture remains untranslated.

Below are some flyers currently in use for the Summer. For the most part, they are designed as ‘inside jokes for the local population’ or to cause the viewer a double-take. Example- in the first image below (top left) - “Suomi” means “Finland” and “Hietalahti” is a small shipping area in Helsinki on the harbor bay, where you’ll find me and the flyer - the image, however, is from some large Asian city, more than 50 times the size of the area named - but looks similar (especially for that particular shade of blue).

Oh no, I think I’ve included one or more of the top images most recently. Much of the work of producing/disseminating art falls under the category of ‘file management.’

This week’s song is “The Weaver” but due to complications, cannot be included at this time. In lieu of this, I give you “The St. Francis Prayer” from 1918, set to chords from my cover version of “Pressure Drop.” Someday original lyrics will be applied.