Weird things I do and think & why you should be weird too
What is the alternative? Be like everyone else?
I’m sitting here, not knowing what to write about.
Once again: how do I add value to you, who read this newsletter of mine?
What is even “valuable” for you? I don’t know to be honest.
I could now start doing research, run surveys, ask you and then accordingly, write about what you tell me is valuable for you.
But, I won’t do that, not because I don’t care, but because if there is almost 250 of you (yaayyy & a huge THANK YOU!) and you will all value something else.
And I guess by now, we have all learned, we can’t make everyone happy.
So I won’t even try.
Instead, I will share with you what is fascinating me right now, it is:
being a human being, a soul.
I believe that is something we all have in common. So I might as well write about that.
What fascinates me most right now is, the “weird” things we and I do as a human.
And maybe some of you who read this, will feel less weird or alone with the “weird” things you do as a human being wheen I share mine, maybe this will lead to a type of closeness and understanding, a connection to another stranger on the world wide web.
Here we go, some of my weirdnesses:
For example, today, I went to the forest with the stroller of a friend to pick up a perfectly-cut tree stump and bring it home. To make a mini-table from it.
Here it is:
On that adventure, I met a lovely group of people, an older Swedish mister with his dog & three students from Sri Lanka, barbecuing in the middle of the forest, celebrating the couples 1st wedding anniversary.
Our chats were amazing, in the end the husband helped me carry my tree stump to my car.
I also only have funny cups at home, in all colors, shapes, with patterns and creatures on them. & I drink tea from them all year long, also in summer.
Why? Because it makes me freaking happy to hold a colorful, funny cup instead of a fancy, white-golden beautiful designer cup.
Oh, and I always drink water wherever I go, no coke, fanta, any soda. It feels weird. Not a treat at all.
I barely have proper lights at home.
In summer its not dark here in the north of Sweden so I don’t need lights and in Winter I use candles everywhere.
I made an exception though: a light above my painting table, cos I paint daily & that is best done under proper light conditions.
I sleep on my balcony all summer long, mainly because I love being outdoors, in the fresh air, directly connected to nature.
I also work there, eat there, sunbathe there, everything basically, it becomes my bedroom, living room & kitchen.
I perceive weird things from people & environments.
I get certain vibes from when I enter a place, meet a person, see a photo of someone. Its weird & not explainable with logic, there is just something that feels off sometimes, a type of sadness washes over me, I feel icky, or I feel great!
Perceive the persons life force & joy & get activated from it too.
Children are those human beings who are easiest to perceive: they are just themselves, no hiding, just pure life & joy. I think this is why I always loved to be around them & the kids of my friends are just precious to be with!
I love shiny things, glitter, sparkles and bright colors and tiny things.
Not on clothes or on fancy jewelry. I love shiny, shimmery insects, stickers that sparkle, glitter glue I can use on my paintings, funny earrings I can wear to feel joy.
Sometimes it feels like being a child myself is what I enjoy the most. Yes, while being an adult with a job and company, even a PhD. I can be all of these at once!
None of these shiny & glittery things I love take away from my seriousness if I want to be serious ;). I would argue, they even enhance it :D.
And, what I noticed with time is:
The friends and family members that are close to me, that know me well, go on adventures with me, hang out, share life with me: they appreciate these weirdnesses about me.
Once a friend told me: “Well, we all cant be as boring as me, we need weird Darias in the world, thats why I love to hang out with you!”
Or I was asked: “Are you a witch?” because I perceived something once again, without much wordly-contexts, hitting the nail on its head and my friend was baffled about it.
I also do a lot of things just because I enjoy them, they bring me peace.
This is something that was weird to me for a long time, cos I didn’t allow it to myself. Now it is painting whatever I want to paint. Paint to get in touch with my inner self, my feelings and emotions.
Because I believe that is what art ultimately does: connect us to ourselves and other people. Through emotions.
I also believe for the same reason, that art has the power to better the world, improve it, make it more kind and loving, caring and supportive.
Why? Because when we do art, we are n a vulnerable place and when we share it, we share this vulnerability and human-ness with others.
And THIS is what we need these days: connection & closeness to other humans, emotion and feelings and the development of compassion and care.
We would have much more peace and freedom in the world if all of us would be artistic in some way every day, even if just for 10 minutes.
This is it for todays post. I would love to hear about your “weirdnesses,” which hopefully became less weird after reading about mine.
If at least one of you felt a bit of a relief, I have done my duty with today’s Newsletter :)
Love,
Daria
Daria, I so look forward to anything you write, you’re my kind of person. Open, honest, non judgemental full of life of loving and caring. You’re so real, so true to yourself, like me you don’t worry about what others think of you your just yourself. The Daria I love very much. Your love of many cups our recipes how special. You can talk and communicate with anyway. No one could ever dislike you, if they do there’s something very wrong with them or they are jealous of you’re natural abilities to be you and do what elver you do. I love your new table tobe and hope we see a photo of the finished product. Many smiles and thoughts I had in my head “how on earth is Daria going to lift and move that beautiful shoe stump “ . Keep on living your beautiful healthy life. I love children and babies and have the privilege of becoming a surrogate great grandma to my partners first great grandchild a wee girl due any day. I have 5 great grandsons but they live in Queensland Australia and I’m in New Zealand. So as both the grandmothers tobe aren’t knitters they happy for me to be the knitter. Of late I’ve enjoyed watching 40 year old trees on my partner’s farm being cut down and taken away on the logging trucks. We’ll miss them but more sun comes in and higher up in the paddocks are the another’s owners trees. I wonder where the few cattle that are left where will they shelter, will we see the deer the same. Then I look out at an other window over the Bay out to the sea. Many different types of vessels coming and going to and from the ports. Listen out for the main trunk line trains always on time as they go past and across our driveway. See the tenants cars coming and going up past the house. I’m living in paradise and loving it.