When I look back to last year. I realize it was a great year. Culturally.
In the summer I went back to Sweden. On a trip to Stockholm I went to the most memorable exhibition of the year; Speed For Life. It was an exhibition by fashion photographer Mikael Jansson. But instead of exhibiting fashion photographs, Jansson showed the result of a three year long project where he has followed the Formula 1 race all over the world documenting it his own style. The photographs were beautiful, and amazing.
Back in Vancouver I finally got to see my favourite painter’s Georgia O’Keeffe’s work. In a great exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery her work was presented along with some famous photographs of her by her husband Alfred Steiglitz. The exhibition was very satisfying. I did miss a little bit some of her city paintings, which I find her most interesting work, but what was shown was inspiring enough.
Music hasn’t hit me as hard. Although I have discovered great artists such as Juana Molina and Lt Fisk. The best album I bought was probably Nouvelle Vague’s Bande À Part.
Many great films have come out from last year, and I have many to catch up with. Films I have seen and enjoyed has been Death Proof, Lust, Caution and The Darjeeling Limited, but the best one is Roy Andersson’s You, The Living, a movie that just won’t leave my head.
To finish it off, the best trip for me 2007 was to the Scottish island Islay, a little island in the Atlantic ocean that is full of single malt Whisky distilleries such as Laphroaig, Bowmore and Lagavulin. This is where I also made the discovery of the year; Caol Ila 12 year old single malt, my favourite whisky so far.
There. Now I can move on and appreciate what has to come in the new year.
Coal Ila Whisky Distillery
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did you know that when Canada beat Sweden in the U20 IKEA closed in mourning and meatballs everywhere burned green? Its true. Google it. Other than that, this blog definitely has “potential.”
haha yeah, NYE could have been alot better, but the good outweighs the bad, so it’s not a big deal.
Anyway, yes, you should totally come to Taiwan sometime! And I should really visit Europe atleast once in my lifetime! I heard so much good things about Europe that I’m dying to go there some day!
I like the snow because it is really a nice winter wonderland. It all started when me and my family went snow-shoeing. It was like challenging. I like the way it snows because it was so cold, like it was -1C, a very cold temperature. It was well worth it.
I agree with you the level of sports of here which is really high.