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I have got a lot of friendly and encouraging comments after the article yesterday (see my previous post about it). And whenever I have talked about web design, code quality and details like accessibility and validation, people have really paid attention to my words. I'm not really used to that…

And with the new day comes a new article link! This time, the newspaper writes about the art exhibition in my studio, (note: Swedish text) and the amazing paintings by the well-known sami artist Lars J:son Nutti. Once again, I'll translate the article and post a photo of the paper version as soon as I can.

So how was the first day of the three-day main Jokkmokk winter market event? The historic market, which is a roleplay-like market that brings the salesmen and visitors hundreds of years back in time, is now over. The opening ceremony on lake Talvatis yesterday night was nice, but not as crowded as the 400-year anniversary opening ceremony last year. But I'm still surprised, since there were a lot more visitors today than I expected - both in the studio and in general. The first day is usually quite calm since most people who visit the market come on the two last days (friday and saturday). And since last year was a strongly advertised anniversary, many people (including me) are expecting less visitors this year. But there were a lot of people in Jokkmokk today, so friday and saturday can be very exciting. Saturday around mid-day and on the early afternoon is usually the worst time to walk through the area because of the big crowds, so I will mostly be out early in the mornings and later in the afternoon.

By the way, J:son sent me out on the streets to show one of his artworks, an old jacket with an oil color painting of a woman dancing with a bear. The reactions were very interesting, people were shouting comments about the painting and taking photos of me as I walked by them. It was a strange feeling, but I'm not surprised since this jacket is one of the true highlights of the market this year. I wish I could afford buying it for myself, but it is a piece of art and priced at the same level as J:son's regular paintings, so I'll just have to be happy with the attention I got from wearing it today… I also posed for a couple of photos from my own camera while wearing the jacket - and the images look really cool! I forgot the camera in the studio/gallery so I can't upload any images tonight, but I will some photos in a new entry tomorrow.