Minna Canth’s watchful eyes

A bronze Minna Canth has been sitting on the table of our studio for three years. With its august presence, it has reminded us of inner values and the sublimity of objectives. With its gaze, it has provoked us to do just as we feel right in our innermost. Indeed, much has happened in these […]

Memory and meaning of a photograph: a picture of an angel from forty years ago

Maestro Topi Ikäläinen visited the Niirala kindergarten forty years ago and took a picture of an angel figure in a Christmas play – me. I remember well that day. I had got the smallest wings and a real candle to bear. And maybe because of that I was not allowed to sing! Year after year […]