Savitaipale, Finland (January 2019)
#homesweethome #winter2019 #finlandnature #freshpowder #mountainman without a mountain.
January, 2019.
Jamming with some friends in Finland. Surviving the heavy winter. Feeling the blues, the warm glow of fire brewing and wild game stewing. After 30 years of travel, it was time to return home and become a romantic recluse. Photos by the insatiably wonderous @ta.ri.na
#winterblues #hopefulromantic #omnivoresdilemma #hardliving #realmenonly + me #jammingsession #huntersmoon #deepinthewoods #heartsofgold
Lappeenranta, Finland (February, 2019)
Visited uncle at xmas and his friend had an apartment available for rent. Decided to take it. So returned to the city i was born in but that i had left in 1989 when i was six (grew up in Canada).
It was nice to have my own place after so many years of travel and living with others. And actually be where i am from. Always being a foreigner/outsider, can get exhausting. Lappeenranta is my home and I will always feel most at home here or around here. Small things i always miss but impossible to explain.
Almost 4 years later and I am still living in this apartment and you know what? I kind of like it.
One day i will buy a big house on the lake and start a family. But i need to find a good woman. And become a good man with lots of money in the bank so i can take care of her/them. Takes two to tango.
A good woman needs and wants a man who can make them feel safe and protected from this crazy world. Otherwise they will always long for that and leave if you dont provide it. First emotionally, then physically. Always.
Plan B –> Leave all this behind and live in the tropics, have my own bar and make up some new name like Thorsten or something. Get away from all this european madness and pursue my own.
#lappeenranta #homesweethome #returninghome #backtotheroots #wearethemusicmakers
#lookingforlove #lovewillfindyou #planb
#tropicaldreams #karjalanpiirakat
September, 2019
It was a calm year so far. Just working on my songs, rebuilding my book + record collection. I had sold everything in previous lives for travel money. But now i had a place to decorate and make mine. Paintings, furniture, clothes. I buy almost everything used.
Btw, my hand was back to 100%. After 4-5 years of struggling with it and spending thousands of euros on healers and all kinds off bullshit that didnt help i found a neurologist in Sibelius Academy in helsinki who identified/diagnosed it right away: focal dystonia. Science saved the day like it always does.
This is apparently quite common with serious musicians like me who are perfectionists and play asymmetrical instruments like guitar, violin, bass, etc.
The cure? Relearn micro movement patterns in right hand (ext/flex), better posture, mobility exercises, healthier lifestyle and… Psychotherapy!
Because of all this work i learned to not only play way better than before, but find completely new ways of playing and hearing/seeing things. And now i also appreciated this whole process even more too which kind of made me fall in love again with music but more specifically, playing guitar.
Every note is a precious gift.
You cant imagine how good it felt to be able to do what i always loved doing most. And how frustrating it was to not be able to do it.
#quietlife #artistlifestyle #mastery #focaldystonia #healing #science #perfectionism #psychotherapy
Sweden (Nov 2019)
After no alcohol or social media and living clean for like 8 months, did some road trippin’ in sweden with finnish friends. #goodtimes
Markus Nylund – Kaikki Huolet Kaukana
Wrote this song about road trip in sweden with friends in november 2019. Attempted to capture/cement how i felt and imagine how we all felt collectively just to have these memories when i am old and dying. And share them with others who might enjoy songs like this.
I love having beautiful moments with people and always wish they could go on forever and sometimes wish i could go back. But maybe life is all just one long moment that goes on… Forever.
(Note to self)
Appreciate what you have. It’s a lot! We are living in luxury. And without it and all this you would be someone else.
#kaikkihuoletkaukana #markusnylund #finnishsong #lauluntekijä #laulunkirjoittaja #blablablaa
November, 2019
Three years ago… Wow, so much has happened since then. Life times. Life lines. Hard times. Good times.
Seeing friends and going to sweden was really good for me. Sometimes alcohol cleanses the spirit if taken in high doses for many days and mixed with fun, laughter and good people. And of course nothing more cozy than a hangover that lasts for 2 weeks.
Got back home and opened up my worlds again, finding new creative possibilities in my music and writing. Also started using instagram seriously i think for the first time (one of my many deleted accounts but took me until now to figure it out what its all about). King kong aint got shit on me. Nobody grams like the markster. Too long, too much, too often. Oh yea ⚡
And there was a girl who started to occupy my heartmind space of the mindheart.
#stayopen #secretsauce #hangovers #november2019 #infatuation #creativeprocess
I have been sharing content from my archives these last months. Different stuff on different platforms. It has been interesting to go through all this and relive memories. Here are some thoughts and humour from november 2019. Dont necessarily agree with them anymore. The more i learn, the less i know. #pastself #selfsabotage #creativeprocess #sacralchakra #heartchakra #stayopen