Saturday, August 27, 2022

Night of the Seven Suns is out now

 

1. Between Two Old Trees
2. Thundering Cascade
3. Foghorns of the Owls in the Night
4. Farther Into the Wilds
5. Spirit of the Forest
6. From Mere Stone
7. Land of Winter Twilight

Night of the Seven Suns is my 20th album and it was inspired by material I wrote 20 years ago. It is similar to my first album released in 2012.

Night of the Seven Suns is also a 1966 photo book by Matti A. Pitkänen. It portrays a year in the wilds of Kuusamo. Titles on the album were taken from the book. Original Finnish texts by Airi Hast. This album is dedicated to the memory of Matti A. Pitkänen.

August 27, 2022 is The Day of Finnish Nature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH-YCiyh-EY

https://rintaperala.bandcamp.com/

Monday, August 22, 2022

Thursday, August 18, 2022

Valkoinen lippu - White Flag

 

Wax crayon / wax on paper. Rinta-Perälä, 2022. 
Drawing 406.

Monday, August 15, 2022

Fascism shall perish

 

"Now I'm expecting all of you to volunteer for Waffen-SS. Or is there someone among you who doesn't want to volunteer?"
- Unknown SS officer (from Guido Knopp's Hitlers Kinder)

"The meanings of words are not in the words; they are in us."
- S. I. Hayakawa: Language in Thought and Action

Monday, August 8, 2022

Maanviljelijä - Farmer

 

Wax crayon / wax on paper. Rinta-Perälä, 2022. 
Drawing 405.