SORG

Sorg is Swedish for sorrow, sadness and grief.

This is not easy writing in English...

But Tore Skogman died yesterday

...or "steped out of time" wich also is a common way

to express it in Swedish that someone has died.

TORE SKOGMAN

is known by each and every Swede (in my age or older)

for his songs. He made over 1500 songs!

He had red hair that later turned white.

His skin was a little red as well.

He had a big gap between his front teeth.
(Like I used to have)

And he was "not afraid of using bright colors" he toled me.

He looked very friendly.

He WAS friendly.

I grew up un a yellow house

called Toreskog.

so when I was a little girl

I found it very amusing that he

was named almoust like our house.

TORESKOG. TORE SKOGMAN.

Also my brother had the similar

and uncommon name Ture.

TURE. TORE.

I met Tore Skogman some time before 1998

when I painted portraits of

known faces in my hometown.

(He moved to my hometown after I had moved away from it)

I spent a little time with this friendly, generous man.

He was very much present when we met.

Later he used the portrait I painted of him

at the cover of his book;

"öppna ditt hjärta" (open your heart)

I haven´t in my 42 years long life

felt sad many times when people have died.

This time I did.

May Tore be happy ever after!!!