halla birgisdóttir - myndskáld//pictorial storyteller
That which is unsaid
2017 - Pencil drawings on paper and wall.
![Það sem er ósagt](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_833430d8988c44c0be20ed3440793d4a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_815,h_612,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/86449a_833430d8988c44c0be20ed3440793d4a~mv2.jpg)
"I wonder about what is unsaid. what is read between lines. what is implied. what is silenced. that which need not to be said out loud. what we can not say. Silence that can both expand and reduce. and many things in between"
- halla birgisdóttir, pictorial storyteller
![Það sem er ósagt](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_4bb1a0a1c79d4003ba9118a958815cdf~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_277,h_208,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/86449a_4bb1a0a1c79d4003ba9118a958815cdf~mv2.jpeg)
![Það sem er ósagt](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_d0e5d0446bec4d7589c3d6edafc29f7e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_277,h_208,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/86449a_d0e5d0446bec4d7589c3d6edafc29f7e~mv2.jpg)
![Það sem er ósagt](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_11b8cb8047584428bec7ef9c0720dae5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_277,h_208,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/86449a_11b8cb8047584428bec7ef9c0720dae5~mv2.jpeg)
![Þessi er að velja stað til þess að flytja á](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_a4979a30306b4daf87988dbfc9dd2aee~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_a4979a30306b4daf87988dbfc9dd2aee~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
This one is selecting a location to move to
![Hún reynir að festa rætur á nýjan leik](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_cc73b9d295ab4f6fb9ad2ccb4fd7aa22~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_cc73b9d295ab4f6fb9ad2ccb4fd7aa22~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
She tries to take roots again
![Þær segja mikið með höndunum](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_cf9864348f264b15ab18dc89ecce9575~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_cf9864348f264b15ab18dc89ecce9575~mv2.jpg)
They talk with their hands
![Hún vill helst ekki skilja hann eftir einan](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_0b8c30d459fe46baa812d0ebbc7a62b8~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_0b8c30d459fe46baa812d0ebbc7a62b8~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
She prefers not to leave him alone
![Þessi er frekar hátt uppi](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_64a109b8687447ffb982f14773d670f2~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_64a109b8687447ffb982f14773d670f2~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
This one is pretty high up
![Þau standa saman, eða liggja](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_674a5e4a8f084003aeed96f57610a68e~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_674a5e4a8f084003aeed96f57610a68e~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
They stand together, or lie down
![Þau heyra ekki í hvort öðru hvort eð er](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_5b79a4b8363c4eec92da18a81dc096e4~mv2_d_3493_2467_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_5b79a4b8363c4eec92da18a81dc096e4~mv2_d_3493_2467_s_4_2.jpeg)
They can't hear each other anyway
![Þessi er að lesa alveg svakalega mikið](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_1d096970da8b4908a576ce361e0f1cd7~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_1d096970da8b4908a576ce361e0f1cd7~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
This one is reading quite a lot
![Þau heyra ekki í hvort öðru hvort eð er](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_67c1b315f4874edd827a1f6680968eb3~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_67c1b315f4874edd827a1f6680968eb3~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
She feels she has changed
![Þessi sér ekki fram á að geta nokkurn tíma hætt](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_62234019b34b43b59a6de79a631c252b~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_62234019b34b43b59a6de79a631c252b~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
This one does not expect to ever be able to quit
![Þessi er að spá í hvort að hin ætli í alvörunni ekki að fara að drífa sig i meðferð](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_e858fd5999744348bf97cd0318064983~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_e858fd5999744348bf97cd0318064983~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
This one is wondering if the other one is really not going into rehab
![Hún mun komast að að lokum](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_ebdfc61341cc481aa425d1512e17f4fe~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_ebdfc61341cc481aa425d1512e17f4fe~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
She will connect eventually
![Henni finnst hún ætti að fremja athöfn til þess að heiðra minninguna](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_ad2fbed086e24e7186ce378fe9b2e88e~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_ad2fbed086e24e7186ce378fe9b2e88e~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
She thinks she should perform a ceremony to honor the memory
![Þessi er búin að koma sér mjög vel fyrir](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_d2615d2951c746ad899bae0e30c7a403~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_d2615d2951c746ad899bae0e30c7a403~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
This one has settled in very well
![Þau grófu sér holu og ákváðu að standa í henni](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_8d7a3cfda3074090a25f04d3155ff54e~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_8d7a3cfda3074090a25f04d3155ff54e~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
They dug a hole and decided to stand in it
![Þær þurfa ekki að segja upphátt hvað þeim finnst](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_b0a3591a236e41e39ab1f814e6b3c3f2~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_b0a3591a236e41e39ab1f814e6b3c3f2~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
They do not have to say out loud what they think
![Nótt](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_1de36fa973fc4efba0dc02512e2017e1~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_1de36fa973fc4efba0dc02512e2017e1~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
Night
![Þetta er rétt að byrja](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_04c0f66aa36547f88b53f27e19a0016d~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_04c0f66aa36547f88b53f27e19a0016d~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
This is just the beginning
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_309fae8f25d548e29dee811f819e8471~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_309fae8f25d548e29dee811f819e8471~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
This could be worse
![Mörgu er haldið leyndu](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_305a20cce03d461c9af20f2f1d330fe8~mv2_d_3506_2465_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_105,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_305a20cce03d461c9af20f2f1d330fe8~mv2_d_3506_2465_s_4_2.jpeg)
Many things are kept secret
![Þetta herbergi er tómt](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_6abc73a8814c4cb2a0b3e8c09037b6f9~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_6abc73a8814c4cb2a0b3e8c09037b6f9~mv2_d_3496_2483_s_4_2.jpeg)
This room is empty
![Þessi er ekki mjög bjartsýn](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_2c596f204bae484a91ef01c8cf562595~mv2_d_3506_2465_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_105,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_2c596f204bae484a91ef01c8cf562595~mv2_d_3506_2465_s_4_2.jpeg)
This one is not very optimistic
![Mörg hundruð ára bólfesta](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_159635a2641a4e5290a2e17e90738bcf~mv2_d_3506_2465_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_105,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_159635a2641a4e5290a2e17e90738bcf~mv2_d_3506_2465_s_4_2.jpeg)
Hundreds of years of settling
![Raunveruleg eða ekki, hún finnur samt ylinn](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_f6b6f8e1dcd746e7bb21d64cc031b369~mv2_d_3506_2465_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_105,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_f6b6f8e1dcd746e7bb21d64cc031b369~mv2_d_3506_2465_s_4_2.jpeg)
Real or not, she still feels the warmth
![Þau eru sorgbitin og líka með eitthvað samviskubit](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_1e56f6a6bb57455fb83d707d0a315876~mv2_d_3506_2465_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_105,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_1e56f6a6bb57455fb83d707d0a315876~mv2_d_3506_2465_s_4_2.jpeg)
They are sad and also have a guilty conscience
![Það væri nú betra að vera laus við þetta](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_6590f8038c8e4315932a08d50c4d3bbb~mv2_d_3506_2465_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_105,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_6590f8038c8e4315932a08d50c4d3bbb~mv2_d_3506_2465_s_4_2.jpeg)
It would be better to be free of this
![Til hvers ertu að skoða þessar gömlu myndir endalaust?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_0fbab8429b2749b396ce37231342ddee~mv2_d_3484_2470_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_0fbab8429b2749b396ce37231342ddee~mv2_d_3484_2470_s_4_2.jpeg)
Why are you endlessly looking at these old pictures?
![Þau ráfa um án áfangastaðar](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_1fc6f8b48c094f569fdab6f313fe5a51~mv2_d_3506_2465_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_105,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_1fc6f8b48c094f569fdab6f313fe5a51~mv2_d_3506_2465_s_4_2.jpeg)
They wander around without a destination
![Ætli við verðum ekki bara saman héðan af](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_8da278143f1b457287a4de186a06a12c~mv2_d_3506_2465_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_105,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_8da278143f1b457287a4de186a06a12c~mv2_d_3506_2465_s_4_2.jpeg)
I guess we'll just be together from now on
![Þær mundu sömu minninguna](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_95b306f085524f0583d2ba30c493c233~mv2_d_3493_2467_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_95b306f085524f0583d2ba30c493c233~mv2_d_3493_2467_s_4_2.jpeg)
They remembered the same memory
![Kisur þurfa ekki orðaflaum](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86449a_e4fa9e94ef444db79c0a3da9a692b0cc~mv2_d_3493_2467_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_104,h_74,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/86449a_e4fa9e94ef444db79c0a3da9a692b0cc~mv2_d_3493_2467_s_4_2.jpeg)
Kittens do not need words