I love to write songs and tell stories. My grandparents moved to the US from Finland, and the Finnish epic, The Kalevala, inspires much of my writing, as does The Lord of the Rings. I'm composing a series of songs based on the stories and characters of both stories.
In addition to writing music, I like to write "Mythorealism" - a type of fiction that contains elements of myth, dark fantasy, horror and magical realism.
I play the kantele, a plucked string instrument from Finland that's related to the zither.
Favourite Visual Artist
Vincent van Gogh, Salvador Dali
Favourite Movies
Lord of the Rings, Avatar, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Navigator: A Time Travel Adventure, Strictly Ballroom
Favourite TV Shows
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Legend of the Seeker, Dr. Who, The Guild
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Merja Soria, Harry Chapin, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Bára Grímsdóttir
Favourite Books
Nightwatch (series), Ender (series), Noctiviganti (series), Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Weaveworld, Dune, Watership Down
Favourite Writers
C.S. Thompson, Orson Scott Card, J.R.R. Tolkien, Frank Herbert, Sergei Lukyanenko