
The old gods teach us that we uncover the secrets of life not through power, but through understanding and respect.
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Longing For Freedom
Longing for Freedom
ecently, I reviewed some of my songs with the intention of selecting a few for a final album. Instead, during this process, I ended up writing a new song.
It was a particularly creative phase, and sometimes creativity leads us in unexpected directions. This new song emerged during that time.
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When you are at a filming location that is over 4000 years old and you are about to shoot a scene...
Thor is Back
Since my series idea introduces another world โ the world of the old gods โ I have tried stepping into the role of Thor.
Since I share my films on Instagram and X, where many professional actors are active, I decided to scale back my own acting a bit. I didn't want to overshadow any actor because respectful acting is important to me. At the same time, I wanted to showcase some scenes from my script. Therefore, I filmed these scenes.


On the left, you can see my sketch. With this image, I just had the idea that instead of using charcoal to draw the shadows, I would take a different approach and paint Nanna as I see her.
๐๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ค๐ฐ
First Raid: British Isles... I played my song directly at the filming location, so the acoustic is directly from where the scenes take place, where I layered my song underneath. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐: In the year 793, the famous raid on the monastery in Lindisfarne occurred. The idea that an envoy from Northumbria traveled to Mercia to inform King Offa about the raid is not historically documented but originates from my imagination. I introduced this fictional plot to develop a storyline...
Music:
Song 1: Simoke - Vikings Cinematics
Song 2: "A Young Viking Heart" by Ian McCloud