Min Muse ~ Josefine Wium
Fragments of Josefines’s life, told through a private friendship. My Muse is viewed through Bolette Nord, founder of Bolet. I visited Josefine and Lola at their allotment garden in Kastrup. A place Josefine uses to switch off. To paint the woodwork pink. To get her hands in the soil. And to cycle far enough from her apartment in Frederiksberg for her pulse to rise. Because Josefine needs her pulse to rise, she always has. Even though she dreams of the opposite. Her bicycle saddle is proof of that. The bike is only a year and a half old, and the saddle is already worn down. I love how tangible that is. Lola comes running to open the garden gate. Josefine is glowing because Lola is finally with her again. Being Lola’s mother is the title she values most. Josefine is more than a mother. She inspires because she dares to be honest about the personal growth she is going through, without pretending to have all the answers. She seeks out relationships that challenge her and offer new perspectives on what a life can look like. There is something special about the way she meets people. A genuine curiosity. A presence that makes even strangers feel seen and willing to open up. Because she truly takes an interest. Because she cares. “I care about you” is one of the phrases I associate with her the most. And perhaps that is the essence of Josefine: a person who makes others feel significant. Josefine loves food. Right down to the ingredients, the craftsmanship, and the experience itself. She is drawn to people who truly know their way around a kitchen. Not necessarily fancy techniques or white tablecloths, just people who care enough to make an effort. She is not exactly a master in the kitchen herself (truth be told, darling), but she deeply appreciates those who are. She is the kind of person who loudly compliments the chef when something tastes outrageously good, because far too many people take it for granted when others spend hours creating something. More people should do that.If something is good, say it out loud.The world already has enough people who criticize. Far fewer actually give recognition when it is deserved. And these eggs are, of course, from her friend Kristella’s hens. Quality can be seen and tasted.
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Min Muse ~ Amalie Risom
Fragments of Amalie’s life, told through a private friendship. My Muse is viewed through Bolette Nord, founder of Bolet. I visited Amalie at her country house. A place where everything moves at a different pace, and where work begins with listening. Every morning she steps out into nature and walks through the estate’s large park, collecting, sensing, understanding. Slowly, it all turns into works that aren’t just made from materials, but from relationships. Being with Amalie reminds me that it’s not really about making more, but about getting closer to what’s already there. Her practice stands in contrast to the speed of modern life. It insists on presence. On paying attention. Between you and me, Amalie is a bit of a nomad. She’s passed through Oslo, made a detour to Greenland, gone back home to Jutland, on to Aarhus, and now she’s landed in Kornerup, for now… you never really know with her. But it’s not the places that stay with you. It’s the way she sees the world. Paper is never just paper to her. Notes are never just notes. She still has stacks of hand-painted paper she made ten years ago, and even though life has moved fast, they’re still intact. She keeps things others would have thrown away long ago, not out of nostalgia, but because she can still see that they’re alive. And I think that’s what I love most: she treats the world like it actually matters. Amalie has a real no-bullshit attitude. She doesn’t say things just to please people, if she thinks something else, she’ll say it. And honestly, that’s a rare gift in a friendship. She carries this inner wildness that somehow also lives in her hair: free, alive, and impossible to ever fully tame. It’s the same energy that runs through her work—an insistence on feeling the world rather than just shaping it. She works with nature as a collaborator, not a material, letting time, weather, and surroundings leave their marks. We once read Children of the Earth at the same time, and if you know Ayla (the main character and a big recommendation), it might make sense: there’s something in Amalie that feels just as instinctive, grounded, and strong. Like someone who isn’t just moving through the world, but is fully in it.
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