“A positive and open minded approach
is the essential key for exploring life”
A big warm welcome!
With beginning words I would like to introduce myself properly and give you a virtual handshake, my name is Andreas. I’m a young man from the capital of Sweden, Stockholm. I recognize myself as an optimistic realist.
The purpose why I made this website is to let the people I’ve met have a window into my world. Web publishing is a great tool for various forms of creativity.
I have an itch to write. Always has. I have a long-lived plan to develop into a writer.
It’s one of many dreams since early childhood.
Becoming a fire fighter or a policeman was unlike the other kids not on my top priority list. It must have been a result of my almost fanatic fixation of old and new literature.
I distinguished in early years that books could cause a disturbed night sleep. And I believe understanding or at least try to understand the complexity of our human lives is more or less necessary in the end of our days.
You could call it aiming for a higher target to see beyond the borders of what you likely are used to.
Like climbing up to a peak of a mountain…
I appreciate listening to opera, musicals, going to the theatre, music from now and before, water sports, adventures, dining in front of a candle light, tenderness, hard work, meeting new people and hear their stories, foreign cultures, beautiful architecture and mostly everything regarding creative design, photography and technology.
I value the small portions of life such as watching a colorful butterfly spreading its wings for the first time or listening to the sound of a wave rising and falling. This I can do for hours when I’m free.
When I was younger I used to go out under stormy weather just for running in the clattering rain. Getting wet and dirty was lots of fun. To be honest, still is. I love the smell in the atmosphere after a heavy rain. Another great feeling is to lie down on soft grass with eyes looking up in the sky with the surrounding colors of spring and birdsong. Events like that fascinate and trigger me. It’s as easy as pie. No more, no less.
Big things can easily deceive ones eyes, however small thoughts of mind can make a totally new unknown world become visible. I guess it’s how we observe our world, especially in which direction we focus. Ever tried to look down closely at an anthill with a magnifying glass? I have, it’s really cool.
A much beloved hobby of mine is bicycle touring to remote places. Travel by bike is a way of life. It gives a seldom touch of freedom which is entirely out of this world. Our human body is an extraordinary machine and simultaneously with two wheels and pedals, it’s even more marvellous. It does not only give you the wide passage to a healthy body but also the feel of the elements of the exciting and mighty Mother Nature.
Before my interest in bicycle touring took place I was in a stage in life where my dreams not were equivalent to my own reality. I felt it was about time to leave the cuffs that chained my restless soul. I stepped on the brake, put in another gear, looked in the rear mirror, made decisions, changed lane and accelerated toward an unknown destination. And to be frankly, I’m really glad I did…
To summarize, here are some (useless?) facts about me.
Who I’d like to meet, dead or alive:
Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, William Shakespeare, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Claude Monet, Emily and Anne Brontë, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Jean-Baptiste Molière, David Helfgott.
When I turn up the speaker volume I often listen to: Mozart, Vivaldi, Rachmaninov, Depeche Mode, U2, Rod Stewart, Phil Collins, Belinda Carlisle, Jan Hammer, Elton John, The Doobie Brothers, Chris Rea, Dire Straits, Wet Wet Wet, Kool & The Gang, Paul Young, Toto, UB 40, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Steve Miller Band, The Stranglers, Kate Bush, REM, Seal, Kim Wilde, Marillion, Robin Gibb, Marvin Gaye, Laura Branigan, Mike & The Mechanics, Peter Gabriel, Taco, The Mission, David Bowie, Lisa Stansfield, Free, Inga & Anette Humpe, Sophie W. Hawkins, Gary Glitter, Frank Sinatra, Climie Fisher, The Human League, Genesis, John Hatez Jazz, Fine Young Cannibals, Secret Service, Ray Parker Jr., Supertramp, Falco, Nena, Blondie, Bronski Beat, ABC, Albano & Romino Power, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, Tavares, Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes, Bill Withers, Ben E. King, Tears Of Fears, Thompson Twins, The Beatles, Kraftwerk, Prodigy, Chemical Brothers and many others.
Five favourite quotes:
“The pessimist complains about the wind, the optmist
expects it to change, the realist adjust the sails.”
-William Arthur Ward
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
-Mark Twain
“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.”
-Buddha
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you
must keep moving”
-Albert Einstein
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
-Albert Einstein
A few favourite movies:
The Neverending Story, Legend, Back to the future, Revenge of the Nerds, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Good Will Hunting, Shine, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Pianist, Finding Neverland, The Shawshank Redemption, Requiem for a Dream, Hotel Rwanda, Tsotsi, Slumdog Millionaire, Veronica Guerin, Out of Africa, Casablanca, Some like it hot, Amadeus, Donnie Darko, Lola Rennt, Big Fish
Some really great books:
Great books? There are so many.
This makes me warm as the sun:
1. compassion
2. humbleness
3. wholehearted honesty
4. mutual trust and respect
5. intellectual charm
This makes me cold as the arctic glaciers:
1. human stagnation
2. when the wind blows stingy
3. negative attitude
4. arrogance
5. narrow-minded people