'Unknown landscape': The idea of the happy country life gets a crack

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'Unknown landscape': The idea of the happy country life gets a crack

Modern life carries in it a constant turmoil. We can choose to ignore it, pretend nothing, numb it with various stimuli. After all, we humans are uniquely adaptable and able to find our way in the most absurd or extreme situations, whether it be in a chaotic city of millions, or a housing estate on Kløfta. That nagging worry, however, tends to reappear and lead to existential anguish, especially if you live in a middle class where you have the t…