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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

the book(et) list...

a friend of mine has had the brilliant idea of asking all her facebook friends for book recommendations publicly on her facebook status. this is what she got as a reply: 

SIRI HUSTVEDT, DIE ZITTERNDE FRAU

MILAN KUNDERA, DIE UNSTERBLICHKEIT

JOYCE CAROL OATES, WIR WAREN DIE MULVANEYS

JOHN IRVING, DAS HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE

FLORIAN BECKERHOFF, FRAU ELLA

PETER USTINOV, DER ALTE MANN UND MR. SMITH

JACK KEROUAC, UNTERWEGS

MARIO VARGAS LLOSA, TANTE JULIA UND DER KUNSTSCHREIBER

AMÉLIE NOTHOMB, METAPHYSIK DER RÖHREN

DAVID FOSTER WALLACE, SCHRECKLICH AMÜSANT - ABER IN ZUKUNFT OHNE MICH

ZERUYA SHALEV, LIEBESLEBEN

GARCIA MARQUEZ, DIE LIEBE IN DEN ZEITEN DER CHOLERA

HEINRICH BÖLL, ANSICHTEN EINES CLOWNS

ALTES TESTAMENT, PREDIGER SALOMO (KOHELET)

SIEGFRIED LENZ, SO ZÄRTLICH WAR SULEYKEN

TS ELIOT, OLD POSSUM`S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS

WM PAUL YOUNG, THE SHACK

ECKHART TOLLE, NEUE ERDE

JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, EXTREM LAUT UND UNGLAUBLICH NAH

RAFIK SCHAMI, DIE DUNKLE SEITE DER LIEBE

HOMER, ODYSSEE

VLADIMIR NABOKOV, TRANSPARENT THINGS

PAUL BOWLES, HIMMEL ÜBER DER WÜSTE

CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON, DER SCHATTEN DES WINDES

MARIO VARGA LLOSA, DAS BÖSE MÄDCHEN

MITCH ALBOM, DIENSTAGS BEI MORRIE

MARINA LEWYCKA, CARAVAN

PAULO COELHO, KRIEGER DES LICHTS, DER SIEGER BLEIBT ALLEIN

VOLTAIRE, CANDIDE

OSHO, LEBEN LIEBEN LACHEN

MICHAEL MOORE, YES, WE CAN: MIKES ULTIMATIVER WAHLFÜHRER

SHMUEL BOTEACH, KOSHER SEX: A RECIPE FOR PASSION AND INTIMACY

ALAIN DE BUTTON, WIE PROUST IHR LEBEN VERÄNDERN KANN

MIKHAIL BULGAKOV, DER MEISTER UND MARGARITA

HENRI CHARRIERE, PAPILLON

FRIEDRICH DÜRRENMATT, DIE PHYSIKER

ANDREAS FRANZ, EISIGE NÄHE

PATTIE SMITH, JUST KIDS

YANN MARTELL, SCHIFFBRUCH MIT TIGER

DENIS THERIAULT, DAS LÄCHELN DES LEGUANS

STARHAWK, 5TH SACRED THING

DAVID SAFIER, MIESES KARMA

FRANK MCCOURT, DIE ASCHE MEINER MUTTER

WASSILI GROSSMANN, LEBEN UND SCHICKSAL

DAVID GILMOUR, UNSER ALLERBESTES JAHR

MARKUS FELDENKIRCHEN, WAS ZUSAMMENGEHÖRT

MORITZ NETENJAKOB, MACHO MAN

JONATHAN FRANZEN, FREIHEIT

HERMANN HESSE, SIDDHARTA, STEPPENWOLF

KHALED HOSSEINI, A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS 

SELIM ÖZDOGAN, DIE TOCHTER DES SCHMIEDS

JOSEPH HELLER, CATCH-22 

JOHN FANTE, ASK THE DUST (ICH -ARTURO BANDINI)

ERNEST HEMINGWAY, FIESTA, DER ALTE MANN UND  DAS MEER

TONY KUSHNER, ANGELS IN AMERICA

JOSE SARAMAGO, TABUCCHI

my friend is very into arts, photography, literature and writing on a professional level, and i adore a lot of things she does and have come to realize that many things she liked and shared with me have inspired me immensely. this is why I assume there will be quite a number of very entertaining, thoughtful and high quality proposals among her friends' recommendations and i thought i'd share the list here, even though so far i have not read many of the books myself. but as i plan to use her result as a source for new novel material when i am in search for new inspiring books i thought somebody else might want to do so as well... so here you are.

on her request i myself have actually added a couple of recommendations to the list. any idea which ones they might be? feel free to take a guess...

if you are interested in finding out about my friend's artwork and writing you will get a slight notion of it in her blog

my photographies and photoshoppies

I've done some shooting and photoshopping lately and enjoyed it a lot. Here are some of  the results...