





i wonder today. i don't feel secure in my skin anymore. i feel like i am a child again. 7 something in a kindergarten. i stand there in a corner where my teacher sent me to think about appropriate word for asking her to go to the Loo. i was just a boy, for Christ's sake, growing up on a country side, where language is appropriately raw. how could i have known, what was the right word, if i didn't even know it existed. i said, may i take a piss? and she wouldn't let me, demanding from me instead, to say it right. so i tried again, may i take a leak? that just made her plain angry, so i was sent there. facing the walls, i might get a clear mind on the subject, or so she thought. but the shame was too great for me to even think about correct use of words for pissing. i was shocked. she knew i had to go to the loo and she still demanded from me to find the "nice" word? couldn't she just find some different way of punishing me, some nicer way, more humane. and when i looked at her, searching for the sign of mercy in her eyes, she just turned away. like i was some hard criminal. then suddenly came the tension in my belly. i was really full. the shock and embarrasement sided away, so the pain was much stronger. i turned to my schoolmates, who kept on playing their games, not even paying attention to me. oblivious, without compassion. no understanding of the troubles of others. and i was supposed to be their friend? so i screamed at one, begging him to tell me how to say i need to piss. and then it hit me: may i go to the toilette? it was the one of the most powerful experiences i had in my life. and i must say, i often feel this way: i am saying what i feel. the need to say it, is usually so strong that i don't use "appropriate" language. so i don't find understanding. when i say it, i get punished and cut off of the people i am supposed to hang with. and they don't react, so i need to ask them, but always find solution on my own in that instant. i felt this way twice today. my first encounter with the teacher was terrible. i came to her with my concept, which is quite nice, but then she just dissed me. and when i said, i am usually working this way: first the concept, then the inspirational material, then the narrowing down and finding the solution to the problems emerging, she replied: well you came here to learn, so learn this new way. this "new way" is what i did in my first year of studying: gathering material that i like. not even knowing what for and then finding the concept, if ever, and making a beautiful collection! they do it here "this way"!!! i guess it is fashion way, my is more artistic. but anyway, i won't fight the system. maybe i will find something good for me in there at the end. what really bothered me, was the way she talked to me. whatever i said, she neglected or nullified every single thought. i felt like a complette idiot. and i felt ashamed. like i was letting everyone down. all the years of study and i can't even impress the teacher on my first day. and when i turned for the communication to my fellow students i got no connection. after she went, i asked them, if she had something against me or was it her way? and they said, it is the way she is. you have to agree with her! o, my god!! agree?? well, this is gonna be a hard lesson, but i am not a quitter, so i went home and start developping the concept again. I am doing Hitler now! i need nothing more to say. it is what i feel like, now. thrown into a jail, forbidden to live my life. forced to adjust to the new situation. if i survive, getting out skinnier as i entered (that is in my artistic mind in fashion) i will be ready to face the fashion world more powerful than ever. so, in a way i am glad it happened so early. now i just have to take care of myself, i must not forget breathing and nodding. it is quite funny, the art here is terrific. the mind of the artists i met is so amazingly pure and not heavy. they have this lightness and assurance around themselves. but fashion is a real disaster. no identitiy at all for now. too american, too Gaultier, too Yamamoto, too Balenciaga, too Dior and Marni.....too Everything else but Iceland. right now i think i will get more out of the country, less from the tutoring...but i won't say the final judgement yet. i still like it here, i still think i am capable of learning on my own, i still think my teacher is nice, offering me a different perspective, i still love people here, i still have a great fun with my schoolmates, i still smile even if they tease me, i still feel like a sponge sucking everything in, i still think teacher will see something in me in the end of the module, i still think my honesty, even if i dislike something, will find a fruitful ground, i still believe i am here for a reason. to grow