Chaos which we can handle

Chaos which we can handle we call order... or is it the other way around?
This is a new piece. Of course there is harmony.

'Floods Return' - Acrylics on Canvas - 65 x 54 cm - Niklas J Brandow

Sacrificing paint

Hi,

No, I'm not giving up painting, as the title of this blogpost might suggest. Rather, I'm spending more time with it again. Having made a lot of digital illustration lately I'm pleased to be pushing physical paint about again.

So, this is the first of a few new paintings which I'm sincerely happy about. There is something in this one that I've been waiting for. I can't put it into words, but it has to do with how the gaze is moved around by the forms and colours; How I can't find real rest in there, and yet is captured enough to keep looking. In short; I find this painting interesting to behold. It challenges me, while keeping me sufficiently entertained. There is a balance in the mess which stimulating to watch. Don't ask me why.

'Sacrificing Paint' - Acrylics on Canvas - 65 x 54 cm - Niklas J Brandow

A more rewarding perspective on Life (Livet - ett fruktsammare perspektiv)

About 12 years ago, something silent but transformative happened to me as I walked across a busy square in Gothenburg city. It immediately changed my outlook on life, and clarified so many things for me. I can't really describe what happened, but I have made a few attempts at describing how my perspective on life looks from that moment. This is probably the best one:

The book - Livet: Ett fuktsammare perspektiv - is in Swedish, and I received it from the printer's today. The text itself was written in 2009 but has remained in digital form until I was given a grant from Stiftelsen Mäster Eckehart-sällskapet, to print the thing. It is a 112 pages philosophical book with a spiritual tone, written in an accessible language which should agree with the rational spirit of our time.

If you're interested in a copy you can order it from Bokus, or you can write me an email with your name and address. If you live in Sweden you will then (shortly) receive a book and an invoice in the mail. The price is 130 SEK including shipping. If you live elsewhere I will send you an invoice with a corresponding price in US dollars, but add a sum for the shipping.

The first 19 pages of the book can be previewed HERE