Cries of the Heart

Sigrun Bjork Olafsdottir is an Icelandic designer/author and artist. She started writing poems and short stories at the age of 6 and got a poem about economic inflation published in a national newspaper at the age of 7. 8 years old, she moved to Sweden with her family and there she discovered cultural diversity the importance of cultural cultivation as a love for the old ways was born. Shortly after moving back to Iceland, at the age of 18, she started studying Icelandic genealogy and published a book on the subject at the age of 22. As a result of this study, she fell in love with Nordic history and culture and has since then been passionate about the continued learning of the topic. Being an avid writer with a social interest, she became a freelance journalist in Iceland, writing mostly as a voice for the rights of fishermen and their families and then became the editor of the ET-magazine, an IT magazine that dealt with the challenges and discoveries of the Internet. She also became a pen for the Formula 1 history archive web section in Iceland. In 1998 she studied the art of screenwriting and was mentored by the multi award winning Hollywood writer and producer Larry Brody. In 2002, she moved to London and spent the next years focusing on raising her two sons, which didn’t leave much time to creativity but she kept writing when she found time. In 2015, she entered the world of fashion after creating costumes for Nordic goddesses to attend at a Mythological Art Festival in Jelling, Denmark and since then, she has showcased in both Paris and London. In 2019, she wrote and produced a short film which became featured on BBC Online and is rewceived media coverage in the Highlands, Scotland. Following the filming, she
produced a live action 20 minute performance of the film, for a cultural art festival Global 12 in London. Sigrun has been featured in many magazines and newspapers and speaker at various events about both the creative industry as well as her cultural heritage and has publishes on Amazon, an annual educational almanak that features the old Viking ways of perceiving and understanding time.