Feeling Connected · Ataqatigiittutut misigisimaneq

Guitar Pic, Malu Jessen Berthelsen, May 2019, Nuuk Greenland, Photo: © Anne Chahine
Guitar Pic, Malu Jessen Berthelsen, May 2019, Nuuk Greenland, Photo: © Anne Chahine

I got this guitar plectrum at the Atlantic Music Store here in Nuuk. Music is very important to me, and I think the plectrum is a good representation of that part of my life. My father has been playing the guitar since I was very little. He used to play all the time, and my mom would sing with him as well and they would sing together and makes the sound more beautiful. I usually play the guitar for fun and to have a good time. But I also feel it’s a certain form of therapy. Sometimes it’s easier to write a song and sing about what worries you in life than talking about it. What I like most about music is that it brings people together. When I play the guitar, other people will join in and sing along. You get this feeling of being connected to everyone, like becoming one unit in a way. I want future generations to look at this plectrum and remember this feeling of closeness and togetherness.

Una guitarinnut kukkilaat Nuummi Atlantic Music Store-mi pisiarinikuuara, isumaqarpungalu taanna kukkilaat takussutissaasoq nipilersorneq qanoq uannut pingaaruteqartiginera. Ataataga mikisuararsuusungali guitarertuartuuvoq. Tamatigut guitareraangami anaanama ilannguffigiuartarpaa erinarsoqatigalugu assullu tusarnernerulertiinnartarlugu. Amerlanertigut nuannariinnarlugu guitarertarpunga aammali ilorrisimaarusullunga. Tamatigulli inuuninnut peqqissaatitut atortarpara, ilaannikkummi erinarsorneq taalliornerlu inuunermi isumakuluutit oqaluuseriinnarnissaanniit ajornannginnerusarput. Aamma nuannarisaraara nipilersorneq inunnik ataatsimoortitsilersarnera. Guitareraangama allat ilannguttarput erinarsoqatigilerlungalu. Misigisimanartarpoq allanik ataatsimooqateqalerluni, soorlumi ataasinngortartugut. Kissaatigeqaara siunissami kinguaariit kukkilaat una takussagaat eqqaamallugulu ataatsimoornermik qanilaarnermillu misigititsisarmat.