Nils Aslak Valkeapaa Quotes

For a long time I though
that one had to accomplish something

Now I just watch
listen
receive

Live

I know
that you are waiting for a dawn
a wondrously beautiful future

I don't want to deny you that
because dreaming is the gift
of life

In blue Light nature space the whole world, wide grazing land, the open spaces wind across the land and the sky, blue, high

It is already long ago
so long ago

How do I know
that you are not
an illusion of the senses
an invention of though

How about the one who
searches so urgently
he does not see anything else

Perhaps people only exist in my thoughts
Perhaps the sky only exists in my mind

When will I wake up and to what

What is it
the heart wants
why are the thought crying

I leave to arrive,
go away to be closer.

The Arctic is a highway. The tree limit, the scarcity of trees, freed people to walk. Particularly in the wintertime. Which connected people physically, communicatively. And mythically. The long nights of winter free people to tell. And to listen ...

I have not planned to become something
and what I do is not a job
I am not collecting money or property
I am not saving my life for the future

I belong to the wind
but I live
and this seems to be the intention of life
today I live
here and now
and if that is too much
I won't be alive tomorrow

That is the way it is and so what

Everything is so beautiful
I am afraid
to wake up again
to the hard world