Recent film gems

There have been several beautiful and inspriring movies in cinemas over the last couple of months. Some of them were hidden gems, some have found a broader audience, all have been able to create a unique feeling of magic. Here are a couple of them.

Amazing and magical, Hugo is a declaration of love to art and film and following your dreams. Must see.




This one pictures genuine friendship and the beauty of life just as it is and people who try to embrace it that way.



These two are about growing up, becoming mature and true to yourself, coming to terms with your past and finding out who you really are, each one in a very different yet inspiring way.

oh, and this is all you need...

...if considering to 'beautify' the streets of your own town.

kinda simple, it seems...

taken from 'London Street Art Tours', Gallery

street art london

 I Know this great little place in London, the 'mother' of I know this great little place in Frankfurt have taken part in a guided street art tour through London. Watch here for their review on the london street art tour. I has been offered by a company called Street Art London, who do walking tours every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and a bike tour on Sunday. This is what I will definitely do when I'm in London next!

Here are a couple of pictures of street art found in London:

taken from 'I know this great little place in London'

Boxi (Berlin-based)

Roa

World War Won

Swoon

Stik

Christiaan Nagel

James Cochran

Phlegm - pictures taken from 'Street Art London Tours' Gallery

long time no see

Hi everybody!
It's been a long time since anything last happened here. Many things to do. But also many things that I have experienced and will now share over the next couple of days, weeks...

One is, I have been to a truely wonderful place in the Northern part of Germany, called 'Fischland', and to the 'Darß'. Wonderful landscape, wonderful sea, wonderful everything. I have taken pictures there, a couple of which I would like to share here.

all pictures taken by me

And guess what: I even offer a couple of them for purchase in print online! If you want, klick here to watch and comment on them or even rate some. I'd very much appreciate that!





Have been to several other locations lately as well and took shots there, so expect more to come here once I have been able to work on the 'raw material'

beauty is in the eye of the beholder

picture taken by me

Here is a poem that a friend of mine has written recently. It is very dark, and even though I am in favour of emphasizing the wonderful-ness and beauty of life I find this poem beautiful exactly because of its darkness. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; every moment, even the dark ones, can give you something to make out of.

Written by MJ:

Gejagt von der Traurigkeit, die ganze Welten auflösen kann.
Ist es da noch möglich zu entkommen, wenn man ihren kalten Atem im Nacken spürt.
Jene Traurigkeit verschlingt jeden Wunsch nach Leben und spuckt dafür etwas Dunkles aus.
Der Zweifel, den man so tapfer versucht hat zu überlisten, gewinnt langsam an Raum.
Die Tage werden trüber, Licht wird zu Schatten und die Dunkelheit unumgänglich.
Träume versinken, der Boden unter Ihnen verwandelt sich zu Treibsand. Und jeden Tag bleibt weniger von ihnen übrig. Bis sie ganz versunken sind. Am Ende bleibt die stärkste Kraft.
Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt. Sie verliert an Farben bis sie sich ganz auflöst.
Am Ende bleibt nur noch die Ahnung von dem was einmal da war, wenn der letzte Funken Licht
wie ein Stern verglüht.


 

home art vol 2

I have done some artwork to a picture frame into which you can stick photos in between its strips. it is the same style as the love-canvas i have shared here earlier; several kinds of material are the same as well. i gave it to someone as a present. as you might recognize one of the photos i have put on it is from my photo collection i have posted here some time ago.

 

 

all pictures taken by me

an inspirational collage-painting on canvas I have done. four parts supposed to be hung up each with a small distance from the others but still creating an entity.

some detail:

as i have taken a liking to patterns and surfaces i have experimented with different kinds of materials such as stencils, beads, stickers, brags, buttons, wood, rock, metal, glas, a tube of paint, ribbons, different kinds of paper, cork, etc., and used acrylic paint.

all pictures taken by me

frankfurt's got art in the streets

 I was on a small shooting tour yesterday (shooting pictures, no casualties involved), trying to discover what my neighbourhood looks like from a closer perspective, and i found a couple of interesting street art samples, whether they are graffitti or stickers or posters or of other kind. to some of the pictures i've done some editing so have included myself in them as well.

it always depends on how you look at things...

 

                                   

all pictures taken by me