WHEN LIGHT WAS A WAY OF LIFE

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Believe it or not, but these pics were taken by moi in April 29th 2010, or a time I refer to as: When light still ruled the world. The best thing to do these days is to snuggle up on the couch and just forget.

I ' m . a . f l a s h . i n . y o u r . h a n d , y o u . c a n ' t . b r i n g . m e . d o w n

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Good morning! 

I'm still in bed assessing last nights bedbug attack (yup, I still look like this), a bit whoosy from newly awakened:ness and before coffee:dness. It's either obligations, a brisk walk or blogging that will get me up, and since I like to stay in bed - the choice is easy.

By chance I found the photos above from our return from Vimmerby this summer and got an urban 80's movie vibe of them that I liked.

About half an hour ago I found the City Heart of an Urban Anatomy site. Check it out! Maybe the dissection of the subway/bus/car knot that is Slussen is more interesting for Swedes, I don't know, but I've been zooming in and out of this mess all morning. What a project, photographing and puzzling together all the layers of Slussen, piece by piece.

My heart skipped a beat when I zoomed into the...

...mini collage of Slussen inside of Slussen. Awww.

Since I compare everything to movies - clearly I have a chicken/egg dilemma with movies and reality - I have to say that the City Heart reminds me of the look of Metropia (2009). But you know, like - so real:er.

Clients from Hell is a site that swallowed too much time of my yesterday. It makes me want to crawl under a rock - and giggle.

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o r e G A N O

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Do you like our pimped out and to the fridge magnetized shopping list etch-a-sketch? It's my best work. Ever. Promise.

Anyway, oregano. We need it pretty badly, as you can see.

The toilet paper's been sorted though.

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MINI SUSPIRIA

At first I was reluctant - because that's usually how it starts - when I read about the I'm a Giant Blog Challenge,  the one where "architects, photographers, magazine editors and interior designers" to quote ohdeedoh make dollhouses.   Slowly the idea grew on me - because that's usually how it continues - and I had ideas, apparitions even: The ballet school in Suspiria* - shaped like a tear drop or a cloud to emphasize the movie's surreality - completely made of paper, rough and torn - the focus being the sleep over scene in the dance studio.

Back at Ohdeedoh I flicker through progress shots of contestants dollhouses and grow weary. To quote Ohdeedoh anew: "...these designers have loftier visions than gluing an image of a wardrobe from the Sears catalogue onto a cardboard box." Indeed. These are professional dollhouses for grown ups by professional grown ups. It makes me think of Monica's and Phoebe's dollhouses in Friends. My surreal paper vision of Suspiria wouldn't cut it in this miniature world - which of course isn't a reason to not do it. (Time restraint is.)

I bet you could spend a lifetime creating a miniature Suspiria dance school. It's an enormous task unless you drew it on wads of cotton and threw them up in the air.  

If you haven't watched Suspiria here be spoilers in abundance as I give you the tour. Let's see what we'd have to shrink:

{ Hallway and stairs }

{ Locker room }

{ The corridor that leads to the dance studios }

{ The yellow room }

{ The red room, that becomes the dormitory }

{ The swimming pool }

 { The corridor outside the bedrooms, that also leads to the attic }

{ Susy's bedroom }

{ Sara's room, identical to Susy's }

{ The sometimes worm filled attic }

{ The small attic room }

{ The barbwire covered room behind the small attic room }

{ The office }

{ The corridor behind the office }

{ The witch's bedroom }

I never stray far from Suspiria, do I? Go here and here to see previous posts.