Great Independence Day, Finland!

The local tradition is to watch the movie Tuntematon sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) on this day. Many appreciate the old film even though there are a couple of newer adaptations - and of course there's the original source, the book by Vдinц Linna.
Despite the story being about the war, the story tries to teach a lesson to the younger generations and press that the horrors of the war should never happen again.

As you may guess, every year there's the same debate about this story: the critical views claim the stories about the war(s) should be put aside and we should forget the violence and war heroes and move on, and the other side states that even this ugly part of history is part of the cultural roots and can serve its purpose as a dark reminder in order to appreciate all life now and yet to come.

Today the country is very different from what it used to be back in 1945 and many things have become better. That doesn't mean all fighting is completely over. The pandemic has claimed lives and taken a lot out of certain people who work in the health care system. I wanted to honor their efforts and did a counterpart for this www.wsoy.fi/kirja/vaino-linna/… . It's the original cover of Linna's book, designed by Heikki Marila and Martti Mykkдnen, and all Finns (SHOULD) recognize it due to the status the book has in the national classics and the way how it's taught in the school system.



I have a little word play going on with the cover.

Turvavдlitд = safe care / remember safety and care <- This is hard to translate because it consists of two words that are fused together: turvavдli = safe distance and vдlitд = to care (also in some cases "to love, to cherish"). So it's like "Cherish the safe distance" or something.
Tuntematon sotilas = Unknown soldier
Tuntematon potilas = Unknown patient



Rauhallista itsenдisyyspдivдд!

https://www.deviantart.com/agina/art/6-12-2020-863252707