my retreat

Through the years of growing up and finding myself, now everything begins to make more sense.

I had a blog since I was 13/14, started blogging consistently throughout that 4 years in JSS. Then came JC which was so intense that I lost touch with blogging for a long while. Then came that 7 months of holiday before College. I think that was the period I tried to get it back and it was half successful, half not. It just felt really weird then to me, and I couldn't find peace with it and continue writing for long.

Guess it took me a few years to finally be at peace with my blog, how it resonates with my current state of mind, whether it represents me. I also went through a couple of blog names and hosts, mostly triggered by the difference phases of life I've experienced.

I guess it was that age too that I discovered tumblr and pinterest. I've stuck to tumblr ever since and never once left. It was such an abundant source of inspiration for me and on hindsight, I think that is where I started my love for all things modern Scandinavian, without me realising. Like I didn't even know there is such a style. Be it the nature, the way of life, the fashion style... now I've connected the dots and realised that I'd naturally gravitated to liking them since young.

Only with age and experience am I taught what Scandinavian is all about. I feel complete to know that I can put a word to the kind of style that I love.

No wonder I love everything IKEA (food, furniture, ambience, lifestyle, vibes) since young.
No wonder when I went to Norway, it was my paradise which I didn't know exist.
No wonder I enjoy the Twilight movies (not exactly the story) especially because the cinematic effect is so scandinavian inspired... the forests and greenery, the Cullen's house...

Some thoughtful reads:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/16/northern-lights-4 - This reminded me of that taxation class I took in Norway haha. Not everything is as pretty as it seems.

Learnt a few words today while reading articles heh, must improve my diminishing vocabulary:

• Naturalism: a style of art or literature that shows people and things as they actually are
• Feral: of, relating to, or resembling a wild beast

Stoltzekleiven, Bergen 2014

"And maybe that’s the allure of the Scandinavians: there’s an attractive self-confidence to them, a strong sense of identity, a deep connection with nature."