It is with sadness that I have to report something like this so early on in this Manisphere journey. In an outer suburb of Helsinki a man who wishes to not be named ( so I will refer to him as Auvis) is in the midst of a very disturbing situation. His studio which adjoins onto the main part of the house is slowly being eaten up by common family domesticity. I visited him a year ago and at that stage, he had a very lovely set up for his musical endeavors and just for “being”. It is a room that appears to have been intended as an office when the house was built and with his passion for making music, it was an obvious choice for a ManCave. The room itself is only separated from the rest of the house with a light partition but hey, better than nothing!. With his studio headphones on, he was able to transport into manlyland. Don’t get me wrong, he has a lovely family of 3 kids with his wife but I don’t think they understand the urgency of the situation. Little by little Auvis’ studio is becoming another cupboard for stuff. And that’s not the worst thing as it is becoming a regular occurrence for Auvis to find notes on his workspace of things that he has to do around the house…..on his workspace!!!!!
Wow
The mancave in it’s present state. You can feel the tension in the photo that there is something not right. And whats the deal with that cat?!
A slightly different angle, I still feel the tension and now the cat is looking at me. I’m outta here!
This is a sweet home studio that is being slowly battered by a regular family tsunami. It goes to show that you can never be TOO relaxed in your space as things like this are possible as outlined here. It reminds me of a saying I made up 10 seconds ago that “complacency breeds invasive tendencies”. You need to have the metaphorical sandbags at the ready at all times.
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