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Creativity is..

.. the way I share my soul with the world.

- Brene Brown

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Keskipisteestä Emilka Everywhereksi

Kuten tarkkasilmäisimmät lukijat ovatkin huomanneet, blogin banneri on äskettäin vaihtunut "Keskipisteestä" Emilka Everywhereksi. Olen kirjoittanut kuvapainotteista Keskipisteessa-blogia säännöllisen epäsäännöllisesti vuodesta 2012. Hieman tämän jälkeen, vuonna 2013 avasin  Instagramtilin taiteilijanimellä Emilka Everywhere.  

Kuukausien ja vuosien saatossa oma valokuvaajan identiteettini on vahvistunut ja olen oivaltanut että haluan tulevaisuudessa keskittyä enemmän luovaan valokuvaukseen juurikin tällä alkujaan instagram-profiilia varten kehittelemälläni Emilka Everywhere taiteilijanimellä. Instagramtilin lisäksi olen perustanut myös facebookiin Emilka Everywhere - artistisivun. Seuraava askeleeni on perustaa Emilka Everywhere - toiminimi, jonka kautta voin alkaa luoda uraa visuaalisella kentällä aiempaa tehokkaammin. Työnalla ovat myös Emilka Everywhere nettisivut jotka julkaistaan todennäköisesti alkuvuodesta 2016.  

Tulevaisuuden visioni on luoda Emilka Everywherestä "brändi" joka tuottaa tunteisiinvetoavaa, ajatuksia herättävää ja visuaalisesti kaunista valokuvamateriaalia erillaisiin julkaisuihin. Unelmoin suuria ja olen varma siitä että Jumala voi laajentaa vaikutusalueeni ja tehdä kauttani enemmän kuin koskaan olen uskaltanut toivoa, anoa tai ymmärtää käyttäessäni Häneltä saamiani lahjoja Hänen kunniakseen!

HUOM!

Joulukuun alussa tulen myös vaihtamaan Keskipisteessa-blogin osoitteen www.emilkaeverywhere.blogspot.com osoitteeksi jolloin Keskipisteessa-blogi kuopataan vaikkakin se ikäänkuin jatkaa olemassaoloaan uudessa osoitteessa. Tulevaisuudessa blogin sisältö pystynee entisellään huolimatta siitä että vanha osoite poistuu käytöstä.  

The name of the blog is changing and so does the address aswell. So take notes of the new address www.emilkaeverywhere.blogspot.com because in the beginning of december this old address will not lead you to this blog anymore. 

Emilka Everywhere

God´s got you covered.

No matter what´s going on in your life right now: God´s got you covered. No matter how difficult your situation might look like: God´s right there with you carrying you through the fire. No matter how disappointed you might be to yourself: God´s grace is new each day. He believes in you and is not mad or disappointed at you.  

No matter how long you´ve waited. The answer will come in a right time. He has seen your heart, heard your prayers and He will answer. Later on will always come in your life. Just wait and see. Let go and learn to trust His perfect timing.

Emilka 

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What are you doing with your life?

What are you doing with the time that has been given to you? Those years, months and days that are still ahead of you. What are you doing with your life? Are you where you should be?

What about those talents of yours, those things that God gave you so that you could shine His glory in this age? Are you doing your best with what you have? 

Many times we let fear of man to hold us back from fulfilling our calling. We don´t use our creativity, our gifts and talents because we think we are not good enough. We think that there is always someone else who is more this and that and that´s why we withdraw and hide those things that God actually gave us for a reason. He sees your potential and knows that there is really nothing that you couldn´t do when He is by your side. 

"So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom." Psalm 90:12 

This is my prayer today. That I could live a life of great impact by the grace of God. Live a life that is not wasted but lived wisely for Him. Could you pray this over your life aswell?

Emilka

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Im there where I should be.

I guess I´m pretty satisfied with the direction of my life at the moment. I know I´m there where I should be, in the middle of God´s good plan for my life. I´m on my way achieving my goals and fulfilling my calling - step by step, day by day.

And yes, I´ve decided not to give up. No matter what´s coming up, no matter how hard the seasons might get - I know they won´t get me cause The Allmighty One is on my side. Always. He sees me, knows me and understands every tiny detail of my life. He has not forgotten the things of my heart and He never will.  

What a wonderful life I´ve found in Him..

Emilka

Et selviä elämästä ennen kuin..

"Et selviä elämästä ennen kuin myönnät, ettet selviä. Et selviä elämästä ennen kuin alat tarvita armoa."

"Hetkenä, jona ymmärrät rajoituksesi, puutteesi, väistämättömän syntisyytesi, kaiken sen mitä et ole - hetkenä, jona antaudut Jumalalle vajavaisuuksinesi, saat ottaa vastaan lahjan, jota et voisi saada millään muulla tavalla: sinua kohti ojentuu rajattoman Jumalan armahtava käsi." 

Edellinen teksti on katkelma Ann Voskampin kirjoittamasta "Lahjoista suurin"- kirjasta. Kyseessä on Uuden tien kustantama tunnelmallinen joulunajan mietiskelykirja, jonka on suomentanut Susanna Hirvikorpi .  Kirjaan voit halutessasi tutustua lisää täällä. 

Teksti: Ann Voskamp - Lahjoista Suurin

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Let´s not let it happen again!

Not long time ago I was talking with someone who got a nerve to say that he thinks that the Holocaust never happened. He seriously believed that it was only a propaganda and a fairytale. And as you could only imagine, I was shocked. Shocked, angry and very very sad.

The rise of antisemitism in Europe, is real. Lets not keep silent about the fact that only few decades ago Nazis murdered over 6 million Jews and treated them as a carbage. Lets not let it happen again! 

Emilka

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Tampere Pride 2015

Helsinki is celebrating Gay-Pride to promote the rights of homosexuals today. And thats ok. Finland is a free country and people can do whatever they want, proclaim and celebrate their beliefs publicly. I dont agree with these Pride-people but I think its really great, that we still have a liberty of speech in our country.

But yeah, this year I've decided to celebrate Pride aswell. But not the silimilar Pride that those folks in the capital of Finland are celebrating. I've decided to celebrate the Pride Festival in my own way. Let me tell you about my Pride: 

My Pride is a feast of my beliefs aswell. Im celebrating the things that Im proud of and the things that I've built my whole life on. Yes. Im not ashamed to say that I've given my whole life to Jesus Christ and have accepted Him as my personal Saviour many years ago.

Im proud that I can publicly represent Him Everywhere that I go. I can have a personal relationship with Him and get to know Him and His Word everyday more and more. Yes. Call me old-fashioned, but I love the Bible.  I believe its God's word and it's written for my very best. I have seen it transforming my life and the life of many many others around me and around the world. Im telling you: When you use this Book right, it transforms your whole life! So be aware of that side-effect ;)

And yeah. One more thing I need to add. Its about that rainbow. Rainbow that Gay-people have owned as their own symbol. No hard feelings, but it was not supposed to promote gay-marriage in a first place. 

It was originally given to Noah and all Creation, from God as a symbol of His everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures.

"Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth." Genesis 9:16

Just saying. 

Peace out sweethearts,

Emilka

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We live outside the touch of time.

"To the outside world, we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We all know each other as we always were. We know each others hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. We live outside the touch of time."

Clara Ortega

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Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.

Proverbs 4:23

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Time out

Tulin täten rikkomaan monen kuukauden blogihiljaiselon ihan vaan todetakseni että mä tarviin aikalisän. En ehkä enää tän blogin suhteen, mutta osimoilleen kaiken muun suhteen elämässä. Rimpuilu ja asioiden väkisellä yrittäminen ei ole sitten mistään kotoisin.

Emilka

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I dont get it how these children will ever survive.

Törmäsin tällaiseen supermielenkiintoiseen projektiin jossa valokuvaaja James Mollison kiersi maailmalla kuvaamassa eri kansallisuuksista tulevien lasten makuuhuoneita. Ihan hurjan mielenkiintoista ja haluun jakaa muutaman kuvan täällä oman blogin puolellakin. Check these pics out!

Indira 7, Kathmandu, Nepal

 

  

Dong, 9, Yunnan, China

Anonymous, 9, Ivory Coast

 Tzvika, 9, Beitar Illit, The West Bank

Douha, 10, Hebron, The West Bank

Lamine, 12, Bounkiling village, Senegal

Lisää kuvia löytyy TÄMÄN linkin takaa.

Tuokoon nää kuvat sitä kaivattua perspektiiviä oman elämäni "ongelmiin". Paljon on minulla aihetta kiittää.

Such an inspiring photo-project that I found. It makes me wanna do something similar in the future.. and also reminds me about the fact that how ridiculously blessed I am.

Emilka
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We just wanna make the world dance

Tässä on laulu joka soi mun pienessä mielessä tänään aamulla heti kun heräsin. Tietenkin oli pakko sitten etsii se käsiini videoineen päivineen, laittaa nupit kaakkoon ja aloittaa aamu tanssien.

 

It seems like everybody's got a price
I wonder how they sleep at night
When the sale comes first and the truth comes
second
Just stop for a minute and smile

Why is everybody so serious?
Acting so damn mysterious
Got your shades on your eyes and your heels so high
That you can't even have a good time
Everybody look to their left
Everybody look to their right
Can you feel that? (Yeah)
We're paying with love tonight

It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Ain't about the (uh) cha-ching, cha-ching
Ain't about the (yeah) ba-bling, babbling
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

We need it to take in back in time
When music made us all unite
And it wasn't low blows and the video hoes,
Am i the only one getting tired

Why is everybody so obsessed?
Money can't buy us happiness
Can we all slow down and enjoy right now
Guarantee we'll be feelin' alright

Everybody look to their left
Everybody look to their right
Can you feel that? Yeah
We'll pay them with love tonight

It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Ain't about the (uh) cha-ching, cha-ching
Ain't about the (yeah) ba-bling, ba-bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Yeah, yeah, well, keep the price tag and take the cash back
Just give me six strings and a half stack
And you can keep the cars, leave me the garage
And all I, yes, all I need are keys and guitars

And guess what, in 30 seconds I'm leaving to Mars
Yeah, we leaving across these undefeatable odds
It's like this man, you can't put a price on life
We do this for the love, so we fight and sacrifice every night

So we ain't gon' stumble and fall, never
Waiting to see in the sign of defeat, uh uh
So we gon' keep everyone moving their feet
So bring back the beat and then everyone sing, it's not about

It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Ain't about the (uh) cha-ching, cha-ching
Ain't about the (yeah) ba-bling, ba-bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Ain't about the (uh) cha-ching, cha-ching
Ain't about the (yeah) ba-bling, ba-bling
Wanna make the world dance
forget about the price tags

Songwriters
SIMMONS, BOBBY RAY JR. / CORNISH, JESSICA / GOTTWALD, LUKASZ / KELLY, CLAUDE

Published by
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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You know my downsitting and my uprising; You understand my thought afar off. You sift and search out my path and my lying down, and You are acquainted with all my ways. 

For there is not a word in my tongue [still unuttered] but, behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.

Psalm:2-4 139

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Being lady is hard.

And this is what we kindly call That time of the month. Joo jooo, meen nukkumaan ja aloitan huomenna taas uudella draivilla. Tsemppiä kanssakärsijäsiskoille! Kyllä tästäkin selvitään.

Emilka

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BLESSED [Happy, fortunate, to be envied] is everyone who fears, reveres, and worships the Lord, who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments. For you shall eat [the fruit] of the labor of your hands; happy [blessed, fortunate, enviable] shall you be, and it shall be well with you.

Psalm 128:1-2

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Hui kamala kuinka aika lentääkin siivillä. Edellisestä postauksesta on kulunut yli kuukausi joten tän mimmin on parempi vähän ryhdistäytyä. Elämä on hymyillyt ja sydämen on vallannut kiitollisuus, jonka soisin viipyvän siellä pitkään. 

Tulin just kotiin työpaikan REVONTULI-näyttelyn avajaisista ja aattelin väsätä tämän hetken plussalistan:

+ superihana työyhteisö (teen nyt jo surutyötä siitä että joudun joskus sanomaan hyvästit heille)

+ uudenkarhea valkoinen Roland-piano jonka ostin/sain valmistujaislahjaksi

+ hyvä fiilis kropassa puolimaraton-reenin takia

+ tiskikone

+ kesäillat 

+ uudet ja vanhat tuttavuudet

Emilka

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Järkevä ihminen kätkee tiedon, mutta tyhmien sydän huutaa julki typeryyttä.

Sananlaskut 12:23

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