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Iceland Review
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Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir
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Personal freedom has been a hot button
issue for about the same length of time
as humans have lived in communities.
Living in a group with others requires
people to adopt some rules and regula-
tions, but people’s right to self-deter-
mine their actions and identity is integral
to the kind of society we want to live in.
Pioneers, innovators, trend-setters,
and trailblazers are highly revered,
while criminals, weirdos, extremists,
and anarchists have no place in our soci-
ety. We encourage breaking the mould
but discourage breaking the rules. It’s
a weird dichotomy where highly subjec-
tive factors decide if your rule-breaking
and individual thinking is the kind that
society likes or the one it objects to.
Politics muddy the waters even further,
and of course, some people have a much
narrower view of what constitutes rules
than others.
In this issue of Iceland Review, we
speak with and about some pioneers,
rule-breakers, and people who just
want to do their own thing. Artists who
create original art, allowing people to
see the world in a new light; scientists
who explore both new dimensions and
solutions to the threats we’re facing;
displaced people who need to find
new paths to safety when a safe haven
becomes dangerous; and athletes who
are working towards extreme goals
society may not understand.
Doing what’s expected of you and
is most likely to succeed can work and
does, for a lot of people. But wouldn’t it
be boring if everyone were doing that?
Vala Þóroddsdóttir, the woman behind
Partus Press, wants to publish poetry
translations, which as anyone will tell
you (including her) is bad business. Still,
for the people who do buy those books,
they can offer eye-opening insight into
a different culture and leave some-
thing behind that can’t be quantified
in numbers or economic growth. Loji
Höskuldsson is a young man who’s
taking the traditional craft of embroi-
dery and rethinking its traditions – and
the result is adoring fans who can’t get
enough of his art.
There’s always going to be friction
between people’s interpretation of the
rules and limits of society, but you know
what they say, rules were made to be
broken.
FROM THE EDITOR
Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir
Editor, Iceland Review
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