Finland is called Suomi in the Finnish language. Kalevala, the Finnish national epic poem, is based on Suomi oral storytelling traditions, and was first published in the 19th century. I gained a little understanding of Kalevala by reading English translations by John...
In December 2011, Finnish Ambassador to the Caribbean Mikko Pyhälä visited the Grenada Arts Council (GAC) gallery, then on Young Street, St George’s, across from Tikal, now the House of Chocolate, to see Little Jewels, the last exhibition of the year. Thrilled with...
It is 6:16 am, and I am writing on the morning of my last day in Feutersoey and at Open Spaces. Having been to bed barely 2 hours before, I am amazed that I am lucid enough to write, equipped only with a cup of hot peppermint tea. I would’ve slept longer, but with the...
Pulling it all together in time for the opening of the Open Spaces final exhibition was a bit like pulling teeth, and hair and fingernails. The other artists had their acts together, but somehow, I was still waffling and rethinking (over-thinking, really) and...
The last few days, and nights, have been really cold. The last few mornings, off and on, it’s been snowing — some mornings harder than others. Sometimes the snow lingers, other times, you blink, and it’s gone. As I approach the Open Spaces residency deadline of 15...
Four years before the first English people set short-lived foot on Grenada (near Megrin in present day Saint David), Guy ‘Guido’ Fawkes was caught red-handed with umpteen barrels of gunpowder, in a cellar underneath the English Parliament building. He was part of the...
