Oscar K- Danish children's book author

T'S NOT THE FACT THAT IT IS SAID
Yes, it is. Because it’s said. Journalists wallow incoherently through terror, war and destruction, sex scandals, raw violence and bestial murder. There is not much gentle grace there – at most, quickly pronounced judgments and titillating warnings about clips with bloody scenes.

But a book can be something else. A nuanced, artistic presentation of characters and worlds – without condemnation – can provide a completely different and complex experience from that of the disjointed assaults of the news. It is not about what you say but how and why you say it. It is not about provoking or offending someone but telling a story that means something. Books should not necessarily be understood but elicit a desire to understand.

http://www.oscar-k.dk/textdetail.php?id=6

The Struggle

isn't it the struggle that makes it just that more appealing?

if you get something too easily, like winning the lottery, do you really enjoy it rather than having earned it by yourself?

I don't want to win the lottery, but i would like a job, or to be published, or just doing something which I enjoy- it's not about the money it's about living, it's about feeling like you're alive, like you make an impact on the world, on the people around you and the new ones you meet.

I have the education I have the experience i have the interests, but maybe I simply don't have the -umpf! I've lost the umpf! on the way. I have a feeling it might not come back.

What would get it back? Encouragement? A break? Someone to point me in the right direction-someone to tell me that all of my hard work and anxiety will eventually pay off. Or are my ambitions too high? Am i trying to reach the top before even reaching the bottom? Maybe I've already decided what to do, but the is still so much more that I want to do that I can't seem to settle.

Or should i run away? Go sit on an island far far away, stop reading the news, stop contacting friends, skip weddings, birthdays, holidays and simply live in my cocoon. I can do it. But would it solve anything? Would it make me feel better? Would it make the people around me feel better? Should I forget about my dreams, my ambitions, what i've been striving for for years and simply be? Should I simply push all my negative thoughts and my struggles into a closet and think if they're meant to happen they will happen. Or should I continue on and just hope that my day will eventually come if I work hard enough. Not by winning the lottery or by a contact offering me a job but because it is something which i really want to do and because it is something in which I have fought for.

World Water Day 22 March 2010

The World Water Day 2010 and its campaign is envisaged to:

• Raise awareness about sustaining healthy ecosystems and human well-being through addressing the increasing water quality challenges in water management and
  
  
• Raise the profile of water quality by encouraging governments, organizations, communities, and individuals around the world to actively engage in proactively addressing water quality e.g. in pollution prevention, clean up and restoration.

There is 1 385 984 100 km3 of water on the planet. Out of this less then 1% is available fresh water.

Why is this not more discussed?

http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/flashindex.html