#i think Hanne Ørstavik is one of my contemporary favs

[peachymess]

I know I have a lot of “in the spur” goals that wash off with time... I have so many ambitions and leanings - things that interest me that get awoken in me after seeing a documentary or hearing a song, etc. ...

This is, initially, another one of those goals. It came to me just now. But because these type of goals come from such a genuine place, I think I’d be able to do them if I just put more weight on them. And I think I will with this one:

I want to revive my book reading hobby. It’s been too many years now where I have barely read at all... I keep meaning to, keep wanting to. But I just... don’t. I’ve been on and off efficient with using Audible, but try as I might to lie to myself, it’s just not the same as a good physical book in my hands on a rainy day; I listen on the go, no time for the single act of reading anymore.

But more so than just reading again, I want to start reading more Norwegian books especially. Ever since I fell in love with English and all that this second language unlocks for me, I sort of lost sight of my original author’s muse: the very distinct, melancholic, gray quiet beauty of Norwegian books. There’s something so vulnerable and modestly stunning about Norwegian literature that I can’t put my finger on. Had I not taken a break from my literature studies, maybe I’d know by now, but for the time being, I’ll view it as a sort of intangible magic. A magic that awoke my entire journey down the creative in the first place. A magic I want to find again.

And as I keep going year after year saying “this is the year I write a book”, and year after year I don’t... I think going back to the roots of my passion for it, and reawaken the process of evolving my first language, I might finally take the next step. I’ve got some English projects that I want to tinker on more, but after that... and hopefully by that time, I’ve started reading Norwegian books again,.. I’ll finally write in Norwegian again. Anyways, the first step will be: reading more Norwegians books. I’ll focus on it come New Years. 2020 will be the year.

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