Something Light
by Jack Wallsten
Jack Wallsten was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1983, which makes him young enough to still harbor delusions of a music career but old enough to have a back-up. Right now he is a photographer/film editor for a small production company, where he has worked since August 2005.
He mostly writes in English, the simple reason being that the people he writes for, or imagines himself talking to when he is writing, don't speak Swedish. He spent two years studying Communication on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; if he has anything resembling a personal style he got it there under the sunlight and in between drinks (and vague memories of lectures and tutorials).
He says about 'Something Light': "This particular piece is a lullaby, I was looking for the rhythm, quiet reflection and melancholy I get whenever I read 'The Harvest' by Amy Hempel. The most common question I get asked about it is what's true and what's made-up. But I'll never tell."
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With many thanks to Aesthetica Magazine for granting permission to reproduce 'Something Light'.
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