Comments on: How did it come to this?

By: Mikael Juel

Mikael Juel — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:22:01 +0000

Thanks for the reply. I enjoyed reading about your way to thefield of clinical photography. Thanks again.

Mikael Juel

By: Øystein

Øystein — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:05:51 +0000

Thanks for the kind words, Luciana. The picture at the top is called "Path of Life Garden". If you take a closer look at it, you'll see that it's a winding path containing all the elements of life. I thought it suited the theme of the post. It's actually a map of a sculpture garden in Windsor, Vermont, USA. Don't know who the artist is, though. Your blog looks very interesting,btw! I wish I could read Portuguese.

By: Luciana Christante

Luciana Christante — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:15:05 +0000

Thank you Oystein.
This is a delightful piece of writing about a quite interesting individual history, which reminded me my own history (as a biochemist trained in neuroscience, who ended up as a science writer and editor). I also coudn’t picture myself working neither in a research lab nor in a pharma company.

May I ask you why did you pick that picture on the top and who is the artist?

(Thanks to Biomedicine on Display blog as well, for bringing me up here).

Cheers,
Luciana

By: Øystein

Øystein — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:31:50 +0000

Yes, I think it’s maybe both that and that we tend to (unconsciously) make connections between the strings of coincidences we go through. Making order out of the chaos that is life.

Thanks for reading!

By: makeminetrauma

makeminetrauma — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:49:02 +0000

Thank you for sharing that story. I always find it amazing how we often end up on paths that we may not even be aware of consciously that ultimately turn out to be the perfect destination for ourselves.

By: Øystein

Øystein — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:39:41 +0000

Thank you, Thomas. Much appreciated.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:28:26 +0000

Hi Øystein,
that’s a very fine autobiographical essay, very convincing read. how “it all came together”. I am in fact very fond of autobiographies — especially those of professionals, probably because I can relate to them, mirror my own trajectory and life decisions in the other’s narrative. It’s a way of getting closer to other people’s minds and practices.