Utagawa Kuniyoshi (ca. 1797 – 1861) is one of the great masters of the japansese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints. Ukiyo-e means pictures of the floating world. The famous writer Asai Ryoi (ca. 1612 – 1691) attempted to describe this idea in his Tales of the floating world.
One of the important lessons I learned in life is that time is the key. In the Universe there’s plenty of time. Actually the amount of time out there is so incredibly large we could never fully understand it.
I flew to Helsinki for the weekend to visit my aunt who lives in the part of the city called Vuosaari. When we were strolling through Uutela nature park she told me about the finnish artist Miina Äkkijyrkkä who used to live there.
Picture from the Royal Library
In the entrance of the National Library of Sweden, The Royal Library, one will find two sculptures. They are called Reading woman and Writing man. It took Christian Eriksson two years to finish them.
