My immigrant saga through #portrait #journal #literature

My family’s story is an Immigrant Saga.  I often wonder what life would have been like had my parents not taken the huge leap of faith and moved us from Sweden to Canada (and back to Sweden then back to Canada).  I may soon return to my journal/painting series I worked on in the early 2000’s to process all our family memories as there are new chapters of late.

Baby brother
My mom with cousin Dan and my brother Anders


My childhood best friend still lives in my favorite place on earth: Bråtarne, Värmland.  Here’s a recent photo:

Paradise

Recommended reading: Wilhelm Moberg’s The Emigrant Series.  I recognize my mother (and myself) in the main character, Kristina.

And beyond their eyes’ reach their thoughts struggled further, their thoughts ventured on roads never traveled, down to a sea never seen, and across the waters of the ocean. – Vilhelm Moberg

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  1. You are so talented. Your work has totally blown me away. I’m so glad to have found your blog.

    1. Thank you so much for your kind words! I love idea of THE POSITIVE EXPERIMENT! 🙂

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