Chapter I: Work-in-Progress

Work-in-Progress marks the beginning of Tíðafar® – a collection of songs ranging from poetic self-examination to deep personal awakening.
This is the first chapter. This is where Tíðafar® begins – not with an answer, but with a question:
Who am I when I dare to be unfinished?

This entire project was born from scribbles – many of them during sleepless nights. Little lines that maybe didn’t make sense at the time – but together became something real. A sort of diary or notebook in lyrical form, where honesty and reflection took precedence over the need for control. Not to impress. Just to understand.

Warning Label and The Disclaimer aren’t ordinary songs. They function more like a warning and a disclaimer – for the project as a whole. A reminder that this is not a slick escape from reality. Nor is it a memoir. It’s unfiltered reflection.

“This is my warning label, my truth laid bare.”
“These words are not facts, just thoughts in my mind.”

These two songs help frame everything that is to come – and everything that still awaits.

The title track, Work in Progress, expresses the same idea – just from the inside. A kind of musical self-recognition ritual.

“I’m nothing more, nothing less / Than a work in progress.”

It all started with a dream. In Down by the Stream, I meet myself – both as a child and as an adult – by a stream, in a quiet confrontation. A meeting between guilt and forgiveness, between regret and hope.

“Down by the stream, I met myself / A boy with dreams, a man on a shelf.”

In 5 Years, I had an awakening. I thought I only had five years left to live. At first came the grief – heavy and all-consuming. But then something changed. It was like waking from a deep sleep.

“When I let go of the fear of dying / I felt alive, like I was flying.”

You’re an Inspiration is a thank-you to the people who didn’t necessarily do anything big – they simply were themselves, and made a difference. By just being who they were, they changed my direction in life.

“With elegant finesse / Turning stress into progress.”

The Minor Differences reminds us that we all feel the same things – love, fear, hope, vulnerability – even if we often focus on what separates us.

“We’re all one under the same canopy.”

And in Song from the Hillside, something profound happens. When you know the story behind a place, a person, a wrinkle – the feeling changes. It’s knowledge that creates closeness.

“Knowledge can be a thrill / Understanding the passion of every shape.”
The perspective shifts. What once felt flat and empty becomes alive.

Song of Gratitude closes the album with a broad thank-you – even to those who were difficult. Because everything shapes us.

“I’m grateful for all who crossed my path / Even the occasional psychopath.”

I can tell you what these songs mean to me. Why I wrote them. What I was thinking. But the most important thing to me is this:
That you, the listener, bring your own meaning to them.
Maybe you recognize yourself.
Maybe you find something you needed to hear.

“Maybe we can relate?”

This album is not a conclusion. It’s the beginning of a journey through ten chapters – ten musical and thematic steps into self-destruction, rebuilding, anger, reconciliation, dreams, and finally: love.
But it starts here – in the unfinished, in the honest.

Work in Progress is a reminder:
That we are all being shaped, constantly.
That we all carry wounds, some visible – others not.
That we are all …
unfinished.
And that’s perfectly okay.