Working life is not self-evident and kicks off from work doesn't mean the end of the life.

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Kimmo Huosionmaa

Racism is always mentioned as the European phenomenon, but this is not true. There is racism also among other ethnic groups like Arabs and Black Africans. Also between African tribes like Hutu and Tutsi. When we are talking about slavery, we always forget that hunting of the slaves was handle by Arabs and members of black tribes, who sold people to European slave markets for getting guns and other weapons. When slavery was officially prohibited in 19th. century, transferred European businessmen their cotton plantages to Africa, and that was, of course, needed men, who have guarded those places. The hate between Hutu and Tutsi is from that age because owners of the cotton plantages used another of those tribes for guarding the slaves.



That was because Europeans didn't want anybody knows, what was going on in those places, what could be called as near slavery. Slavery was officially prohibited because priests were justified the trade of humans very clear, but the slavery continued everywhere, where public eye didn't look. Europeans choose the tribe, what was used as guards, by using one method: they must be the minority in their area. That made them addicted to European firearms, and this was caused hate between people of Africa. Those plantages were like some concentration camps, and everywhere were only black persons, who worked in there. The guns were explained to be against predators, and if somebody would become suspicious, could that person shot and left to savanna, where scavengers would terminate the body in a couple of hours. We are living in the world, where every man should be free, and we wish to believe that the time of slavery would be over. But there is still marketplaces, where people are sold for work without payments. And now we are not talking about sex-slaves. There are a million of people in the world, who are working as the cleaners and other works, but they ever see their payments.


In some cases, the payment would go to those workers parents, and those workers would not even see their homes. Those parents have sold their children to the factories to get more money, and the under-aged worker's payroll goes to the pockets of the parents, who might live hundreds of kilometers away from that factory. There are also cases, where the company pays payments, but the money would get back to the pockets of the company owners.  In those cases, the employer says, that they would pay payments, but the worker should live in some "hotel", and then all money goes to living. The idea of this kind of slavery is that the company takes their workers only from some "hotels", what are actually some warehouses, and then the rent of those places would get all the money, what that company paid. It's sometimes kept by the bosses of the company, but sometimes the keeper of those hotels is some labor union guy, who might be the cousin of the owner of that company. Also sometimes the payroll would get back to the pockets of company owners by the very nasty way. The owner or work leader of the company tells that employee have made damages in the work, and then the company can ask payment for those destroyed stuff.


This has been the fate of some young workers even in the Western world.  But there is one model of slavery, what we might see everywhere. That is the psychiatric patients and handicapped people rehabilitation work. Those works are usually very dirty, and nobody wants to do them. And the payments of those works are poor, and they are under-ranked. Sometimes the attitude of those workers is, that their work is so bad, that they would need any payments. Also, their work has been delayed more often than normal workers, even if the quality of the work has been the same. The slavery, where payments would go to the pockets of the parents is the thing, what happens also in the western countries. In some cases, alcoholism or narcomaniacs would send their children for cleaning the roofs or delivering newspapers for getting drugs or alcohol. And those children even get food at home.


There is connecting the question of social media. When some employer claims that person would be kicked off because of the writings in social media, and if those writings were not made,  that person would be kept in the workplace. But this thing is a little bit suspicious. Is it really so, that the employer would be kept the worker in the work if this person would leave the social media? if the employer has isolated the worker, they would ever be allowed those workers to stay in their places. And if the employee writes to social media, would the kicks off be more easy that if that person would be quiet. There are people who claims that it would be easier to keep the mouth shut, but then I must ask one question: would it really easier to keep the mouth shut? And when we are thinking about the situation, that employee has been kicked off, why must that person hide those things?


I have had many work relationships what have been cut for many reasons, and I would say that I'm not an easy person, who just wants to comply everything, what the boss wants. And that have caused problems for me, but when I'm thinking about those situations, that some proud man has said that I'm not suitable in their workplace, I must say that kicks off have been easier than if I was not written about this stories. Sometimes those bosses have not dared to say everything, what they wanted. And the kicks have been coming anyway, so, why should I feel that this situation is some kind of "stigma" for me? If that is the stigma for some work instructor, that is that person's problem, not mine. This has been the nice morning to think about those things and let's go to face the new day and new challenges.

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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