Author Archives: Josiemattsson

I Have The Power Over Your Life

It’s a late Thursday-night. My mother and I are talking in the kitchen. Earlier this day our Dachshund, Snaps, with 15 years in his back, took a dump whilst he was eating. He also pees inside the house during night. When we go out on “walks” (50-100m long) he sniffs at one spot for such aContinue reading “I Have The Power Over Your Life”

Presentation Technique

To progress as a human it is fundamental to step out of ones comfort zones. It could be as simple as daring to walk up to a cute person in a bar or to present in front of X numbers of humans. Thanks to school I got to meet and learn from Ilene Sawka. AContinue reading “Presentation Technique”

Sweat Everyday as Matthew McConaughey Say

I’m in New York on a cold winter’s day. I’m in the audience of The Actor’s Studio with James Lipton. The guest of today is Matthew McConaughey. Lipton asks: ”Matthew, how do you stay so fit?” Matthew replies: ”Nah, I don’t have a particular exercise-scheme but I do stick to one thing, and that’s toContinue reading “Sweat Everyday as Matthew McConaughey Say”

Group Dynamics

There are 50 of us in my class. We have 50 different values, backgrounds, experiences, ways to view the world. We have left the honey-moon faze in our group and people have retreated into being individuals within the group. This means a lot of frustration, irritation, and patronizing bubble up to the surface. Attending thisContinue reading “Group Dynamics”

Ted Talk: Johann Hari

Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong – Johann Hari This Ted Talk took all my intricate thoughts regarding addiction and pieced them together in one profound solution, as stated by a Youtube commenter: The opposite of addiction is connection.  It all makes perfect sense and I find it incredibly disheartening and ignorant howContinue reading “Ted Talk: Johann Hari”

Susan Miller Horoscope

The last couple of months I’ve read my horoscope via Susan Miller. I don’t know why I do it, maybe because it’s intriguing to get a hunch of what the future holds? According to the stars and planets, September holds incredible career-opportunities for a Sagittarius like me. Thus far, I have to admit, the horoscopeContinue reading “Susan Miller Horoscope”

Does the body have limits?

Yesterday a friend of mine asked me to join her crossfit-program. 10min x2 First 10: 10 Tuck(?) jumps 10 dips 20 kb swings Second 10: 40 overhead lunges w 10kg 30 box-jumps 20 mountain climbers 10 pushups 5 minutes into the first set, I was doomed. My pulse was raging. Every time I stood upContinue reading “Does the body have limits?”

HI100

Last Monday our program managers at Hyper Island gave us a brief. The brief was to create a list of the one hundred  companies which we find most attractive to work for. Along with that our task was to create an event for Friday. Needless to say, 260 brains started whizzing and buzzing. Then our PM’sContinue reading “HI100”

Into The Way Out Secret Cosmic Grinda Island

The 15th of August I, quite spontaneously, joined some of my classies to go to a one-day festival at Grinda. I had no idea what to expect and I guess I never could have expected what came before me anyway. The day was amazing, a brilliant Swedish summer’s day, which turned into evening with booze andContinue reading “Into The Way Out Secret Cosmic Grinda Island”

Tough Viking and No storage left

When I don’t write for a long time it’s as if my brain stocks up on all the events, experiences and learnings, till’ right about now – when the storage is full. Then I need to RELEASE, like a wild waterfall released from a dam. Last Saturday I ran Tough Viking and now my armsContinue reading “Tough Viking and No storage left”

The Aged Me

I sense her vaguely. She’s is strong, vulnerable, sensible and wise. She knows things. She laughs a lot, cries a lot for she finds life overwhelming and beautiful at the same time. Had I met her today she would have hugged me, told me not to think too much. She is loving. She has aContinue reading “The Aged Me”

UNICEF – First brief

An intense week at Hyper Island; “Ideation Week”. This is when we learn how to both build ideas but also narrow them down. This is the week when we got our FIRST BRIEF EVER from a real client! Stoked to say the least!…And it could not have been for a better cause either. We are bendingContinue reading “UNICEF – First brief”

Perseid “Shower”

Dad, Jake and I headed out on a perseid hunt last Thursday. Perhaps we went out too early, but to be the peak of the perseid-shower it was kind of a disappointment. Except from that I got to test my camera on a starry sky and I was baffled once again by this amazing machine.Continue reading “Perseid “Shower””

Horses & a Brave Mama

Mamma sits up on young wild horses and challenges herself everyday, pushing her boundaries with those big creatures. She is so brave and makes me ridiculously proud. She ignites my own will to constantly challenge myself, no matter what it is. The best gift a daughter can get. 

Surrealism Photo Experiment

I’ve always been a fan of strong colors and sharp contrasts in my photos. Recently I’ve been forcing myself to try out new photo styles/edits to see what comes out of it. The never-ending exploration of photography continues. These photos below are victims of my exploration, surrealism if you like, where I want the observer toContinue reading “Surrealism Photo Experiment”

Not Too Cool For School

 I have a crush on school. Lucky me to have a crush on something hehe. Today was sweet, we are working with the other programs for a couple of weeks and meeting some of those guys was great, although it felt rough to pop the solitude-bubble of my class…=( We got to take part ofContinue reading “Not Too Cool For School”

The day before Hyper

I was lucky last Sunday. I did not want to spend the day in nervous-excitement over beginning Hyper the day after, doing nothing. But luckily Elsa was heading to her family on Ekerö and I got to come with her! Off we went and when we arrived the sun was shining, everything good, till’ BOOM theContinue reading “The day before Hyper”

An evening of unexpected events

Lina came to me Saturday night. After a couple of hours of talking about everything new for me and about how she learns new things as a summer-stewardess I decided to go take a swim. Lina joined and after a while a couple of boys flew past us on their bikes. I said “just likeContinue reading “An evening of unexpected events”

The Talks

I want to encourage anyone interested in art/film/music/food/ yadiyada to explore this: http://the-talks.com An online magazine created by Johannes Bonke and Sven Schumann. They meet with inspiring people and ask interesting questions. Great reads and for me it’s interesting to get to dive into the mind’s of hotshots within each area. Here’s the interview with MerylContinue reading “The Talks”

A Lazy Happy Content Wreck

Wow. What a week. I am too tired/hungover to write something even close to intelligent or reflective. But all and all, I could not be happier with how this week flourished into something ‘utterly brilliant I must say’! All my classies are amazing in their own way’s and the school is beyond anything I’ve everContinue reading “A Lazy Happy Content Wreck”

First Day of School – Hyper Island, Digital Media Creative

The Hyper Island Way Week 50 new faces, voices, energies  150 new life stories  10 hours  Those numbers sums up my first day at Hyper Island. I was beyond excited last night and this morning. I got about three hours of interrupted sleep. The urge to start took over. The excitement is even stronger now,Continue reading “First Day of School – Hyper Island, Digital Media Creative”

Cookie-Dough Popsicles

Hola Señor/ita! Today I’m spoiling you with a d.e.l.i.c.i.o.u.s enie menie mini mo cutie thingie treat. This is what they should look like: This is what you’ll make them look like: Haha no sorry, I’m not going to go all Gordon Ramsey on ya. Anyway, here’s the recipe: FIRST OFF – GET THE GOD DAMNContinue reading “Cookie-Dough Popsicles”

Is it possible to explain events in life through mathematics and physics?

In the mathematical field of dynamical systems an attractor is a set of numerical values toward which a system tends to evolve, for a wide variety of starting conditions of the system. So I wonder, what are my numerical values normally? Dynamical systems in the physical world tend to arise from dissipative systems: if it were not for some driving force, the motionContinue reading “Is it possible to explain events in life through mathematics and physics?”

The Habit of Writing / Growth of a Character

I set a goal for myself this summer – ‘write a story, longer then you’ve ever written before.’ I’ve had an idea which has been luring in the back of my mind for a while and when I decided to put it into words, it simply felt right. The past year I’ve acquired the habit of writingContinue reading “The Habit of Writing / Growth of a Character”