A Humane Turtle

I’ve been to UPA 2010 in May, it’s about time that I post some pictures from the trip to almost-home. UPA was by far the most friendly and social conference I’ve attended. Most inspiring presenter: Daniel Szuc. He taught me to “look at the bright spots”: If you’ve got a vision, focus on making the things visible that are already a step in the right direction. Make people feel good about good choices, rather than criticizing the bad ones.

More pictures from the conference can be found on Flickr.

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• The prospect of meeting my family soon.
• The surprising sight of newly fallen snow on the way out of Oslo.
• Noticing, right after the airport security check, that I still had a half-full bottle of water with me.
• Discovering a magazine I had liked before (‘samtiden’), and buying it.
• Starting to read that magazine and, again, being delighted by its quality.
• A pear, an apple, and raw cashew nuts.
• A sunbath for face and mind on the plane, for two hours straight.
• The sense that, landing in Salzburg, I understood what my singing teacher had talked about: the deep feeling of coming home (as expressed, in his case, by the song ‘Ved Rundarne’).