Tuula Pere

The little ones have a weak voice, but they may have a lot to tell us grown-ups. The voices of the children have to be respected, too! It doesn’t mean giving the power or the responsibilities to the children. It’s always the adult who has to take care of the well-being of the ...

Illustration by Andrea Alemanno (Lullaby of the Valley, Tuula Pere, Wickwick, 2018)

I have to admit that I've probably never grown up really. It feels like my inner child is constantly walking by my side and talking to me. She often pulls my sleeve and shows me something amazing around us with her little hand. The child urges me to open my ears - and most of ...

Right from the start, I have to reveal there is no answer to this question. At least no answer that fits everybody. There are people who feel comfortable, even ecstatic, next to the loudspeakers in a rock concert or sitting on a front row at a formula race. Not my kind of expe...

A discussion on the street of Alarcón 2002. The old man turned out to be José Saramago, the Nobel Prize winner in Literature 1998. The author who needs exceptionally few grammar rules. His streams of consciousness have carried me along as a reader of his books. He even came to...

Recently, there has been a lot of talk about fake news and alternative facts. I would say, that’s just the top of the iceberg. In fact, we are offered whole mental packages to fill our minds and create models for living. It’s not only detailed in knowledge, suggestions, or ins...

I admit that we all need some entertainment now and then. But has this all gone too far? Even the lives of small children are packed with amusement served in numerous compelling packages – often with noise pollution and glinting lights. The saddest thing is that these kinds of...

Yesterday I went to listen to a high-level health sector discussion in connection to the parliamentary election coming up soon.The stimulating event took place at Musiikkitalo, Helsinki. Especially, the presentation about the FinnGen project by Professor Aarno Palotie was inte...

Years ago I was inspired by Edward de Bono’s book, Six Thinking Hats. Bono was talking about approaching the challenge by focusing on one particular angle at a time and avoiding getting lost or confused in the middle of the process.I’m not trying to preach to you about the met...