There are many layers in the Kalevala.

Leaving of Vainamoinen
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
(C.1893-1894)

Kimmo Huosionmaa

The symbolism of Finland national epos Kalevala has many layers, and there would not be possible to make one conclusion or analyzes of that book. In the painting above the text is the idea, what people might always see. In this picture the hero of Kalevala, Vainamoinen leaves his community by flying boat. There is more well known painting about this same theme, but this painting is made with watercolor, and it is also made by Akseli Gallen-Kallela. In this portrait, the Vainamoinen would be like the young boy, who gets his first car. The car feels like some kind of spacecraft or something else like it.


Every young man wants own car, and when the person would begin first time to drive that vehicle, it would feel like driving the spacecraft. The starting of the engine would be like using ion motors in some fictional spacecraft. And in this picture seems like Vainamoinen is using some kind of UFO to leaving the place, where this man has stayed.


This watercolor painting is not the same thing as the well-known aquarelle, and in this watercolor work, the left of the community would be looking like little bit different way. In this painting might be a man, who finally made his services for community end, and this thing caused the situation, that everything felt so light. The flying boat, what hangs on the top of the smoke would be the opportunity to begin own life without debts.

The moan of the sail
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
(1907)

When Vainamoinen was accomplished his mission, would the next adventures wait for that man, and this is also the death of this person. In the campfire would that man, who can be some engineer, who was in the long-term project and hired to help the villagers, finishes his job. And this is the end of his services. After this, the villagers must hire another wise man for projects.


In the Kalevala same texts symbolizes many things. One could be some kind of building project. In the beginning is the idea of the project. And then the project would continue. There would be fighting against the time, but then there would be painting, where is the wreck of the boat. This project would continue to the point, that the wrecks will be collected from the building area. And at least the crew of the project would leave the site. Those people were well-known characters in that area, and then their mission is accomplished. Some of them would stay in people mind longer than others, and we must say that there are many things in Kalevala, what will make it one of the unique and fascinated books in the world.

Sources:

Picture 1.

http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?action=image&iid=J0137500&profile=CC0topicartworkbignew

Picture 2:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Gallen-Kallela%2C_Purren_valitus.jpg/1200px-Gallen-Kallela%2C_Purren_valitus.jpg

Problems about referendum

Kimmo Huosionmaa

When politicians will make referendums for some things they might believe, that they are very nice people. It looks good, when political leaders ask people of the nation, what they want. And this is, of course, a part of democracy. But the problem with that kind of political leadership is that people would probably not know everything about the thing, what the referendum concerns, and if people don't know or think all parts of that thing, they will make decisions with feeling.


When we are talking about feelings, they are a big part of people life. And do you know why Brexit was possible? Media or reporters found only bad things about EU, and after that, they made possible, that the United Kingdom will separate from the European Union. Populists know what kind of promises they must give to the people. They promise money or something concrete like new hospitals to people, and of course, universities and study grants are very bad expenditure for the society, because those things make bad thing to the political leaders, who want to plead average person feelings and if payment of academic year is high and study grants low, they will give more services to people.

The problem with the journalists is that they are normal people, who see what the hosts want to show them. This is a normal question about democracy and journalism. If somebody is very plausible when he or she gives a performance, that might confirm reporters that information what will give to them is absolutely right. And that makes the manipulation of the press possible.

If the reporter writes something to media, the people automatically think that information is given by the real expert, who have all information about that thing. And that will make that information very dangerous. If the performer shows fictional or false information and claims that he or she has some kind of education of that thing, the text what reporter makes might be false.

And what makes that kind of information more effective for that reporter? If that performer is cute or so-called "teddy bear" the reporter might not show criticism in that situation. And populists know what makes people confirm that information is absolutely true? If the slides will be boosted with titles like "Ph.D." or name of well-known enterprise leader, they might have a great effect on people.

Or if we think little bit sharper, there is only one person, who the performer need to confess. That is a reporter, who makes that text. Readers of media are not in the place, where performance is given, and they can't know who the performer really is. And that makes possible to conduct false information to the media, by the reporter who knows what he or she sees.