Disse altfor mange ting jeg ville (2003)

Have you ever felt the urge to do too much – to reach for everything, yet still fall short? The sculpture All Those Too Many Things I Wanted was created by Anne Berit Nedland in 2003. Cast in bronze, the work carries the artist’s characteristic style – a mix of humor and seriousness, where the everyday meets the thought-provoking. The title is taken from Inger Hagerup’s poem Verse with the Wind, a text that captures the restlessness and longing to do all the things one dreams of – even when life doesn’t always allow room for them. Nedland was educated at both the National Academy of Fine Arts and the National College of Art and Design in Oslo, and she often works in a figurative style. The sculpture invites reflection: What do these words mean to you? Are they a reminder to seize the moment – or an acceptance that we can't always achieve all we dream of?