Essay — 1.4.2023

No Guru, No Method, No Teacher

Text Roger Connah

Reima Pietilä lying on the pier of Villa Oivala in 1982, spending a weekend on the island right after having been appointed an Academician. The images are from Connah’s and Pietilä’s archives. In the background, their written notes based on Yi-Fu Tuan’s book *Space and Place*.

Who was Reima Pietilä, really? Roger Connah reminisces about his long-time friend.

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Published in 4 – 2023 - Forest

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