Arctic Garden Oulankariver
Near Rovaniemi flooding river at the riverbank tamarack forest patch, Rovaniemi, Finland
See location here: Coordinates 66°30'39.0"N 25°43'27.2"E
Útesita
River - Lehtikuuset - Tamarack forest
Tulviva joki - Flooding river
Irtipäässyt tila - unlesahed space
sotka
asotk
kasot
tkaso
otkas
sotka
Tiny bee thou honey-birdling
Lord of all the forest flowers,
Fly away and gather honey
Bring to me the forest sweetness.
“There the honey was preparing
There the magic balm distilling,
In the tiny earthen vessels,
In the burnished copper kettles
Smaller than a maiden’s thimbles,
Smaller than the tips of fingers….”
“On one side, heart-easing honey,
On a second, balm of joyance,
On the third, life-giving balsam.
Here the magic bee, selecting….”
Kalevala
Materiality of nature
Co-exsistng with other than human life
Day 26.-27.6 13:45 - 16: 00
The power of water and forced static is an illusion. The snow and ice are seemingly stationary, but in constant motion. The radiation of the sun or fire makes the movement visible in time to us human.
Sotka, Greater scaup, diving waterbird greets me as I approach and come into the woods. The world was created from the broken egg of Sotka. Creator of the worlds, Sotka.
Through the forest you can see the future
I noticed and raised my head when shade quickly passed the sun. Too fast to be a cloud and too big to be a bird. Reflection of unidentified flying object. Shadow in Platos cave. Unnatural speed. A moment and sound of rumble and thunder follows and the F-18 squadron flies low from me and over the woods. Steel birds. Made by man. The birds continue their activities on the beach undisturbed, accustomed.
Destroyer of Worlds and the rebirth arctic nature in spring. Totality of technosphere merging with biosphere.
The power of water, a flooded spring river, rises into the trees, passes to earthworms and birds. The bumblebee will greet you. The Importer of Life in Fenno-Ugric tradition. I'm leaving dales to it. Västäräkki greets me when I look. I breathe and see everything, now, coming and past.
The place says.
Water in different frozen static forms on locations at winter.
Suns radiation - power - radiation
Evening 26.-27.6 23.00-01.00
We don’t see forest from trees. We don’t see out trough from forest. Metsänpeitosta from cover of forest's cover behind the tree trunks you don’t see out until you move on spiral circling around expanding diameter of movement. Hermetic circle, Jatulin tarha, devils garden, watching outside from circle towards landscapes horizon peaking between trees and same time seeing inside ourselves. Moving in to two directions. Movement, walking, and gaze opens and closes same time. We are point, particle, movement, wave all the same.
Fire changes crystal clear water, Sun sets behind river, everything goes in gold. Diving birds silences, sound of cars faints. Air starts to clear. I don’t see moon. Maybe it is inside me. Something that moved my life is gone. Not anymore here.
Grass pushes trough last years dead leaves on ground, Female deer is not anymore here. I feel void and recognize it. Tamarack forces new needels trough is trunk bark. Pressure and flame changes to life. Sweet life.Spring is here.
You have to walk outside of your chosen spot, safe place to see world beyond forest. Horizon is there. Overview of terrain.
In one gaze.
Forest of Hope and Fear.
