So far so good with my Midsummer challenge. It’s very relaxing and motivating to have that kind of daily creative goal. Today I worked with Fusion Mineral Paint’s Seaside, which feels like a vintage blue to me. It’s a perfect blue to use in any Scandinavian blue and red interior. Today I threw in a bit of mustard yellow in the mix. Read more →
This blog started with a post about daily creativity, or the importance of a daily creative practice. It wasn’t on my daily agenda lately, so it was time to pick up where I left and challenge myself with a new creative practice. We’re about one month from midsummer, or ‘midsommar’ in Swedish. Read more →
Spring has finally sprung in Sweden. Finally! After the longest Winter I ever experienced in my life. It isn’t the first time I mention that I’m really affected by the seasons, even in business. I wrote about Summer and Winter before. It isn’t any different this time. Spring is the season of planting new seeds and ideas, the season of opportunity and blossoms. I’m living more outwards (less introvert), everything feels lighter, I pay more attention to things around me and see possibilities. Read more →
Credit: John Flobrant
I hope you enjoyed your Christmas celebrations and are now taking some time off just like me. 2018 is approaching really fast and I want to invite you to reflect on 2017 together with me. Let’s think about a symbol or metaphor for 2017. What was 2017 like for you? I’m not talking about extrinsic successes or rewards, but about your inner process. How could you summarize it with just one symbol? Read more →
I haven’t been writing/blogging lately, I know. It was a conscious choice I made a few weeks ago. Just because I deserve my hibernation for a few weeks :). The climate here in Dalarna pushes me into hibernation. It’s cold, snowy and dark and this has an effect on my whole being. I know it’s called hibernation in English and not ‘wintersleep’ like in wrote in the title, but that’s just a wink to my first language Dutch/Flemish where we use that word. Read more →