Life is a gift, enjoy every moment
“Beloved One, Your breath comes into you from the great body of God and flows out again into that great body——into the Oneness. This Oneness is vaster than the desert and smaller than a tiny blue pearl. Have you been to a desert? Have you seen the stars? Have you watched the ocean? Have you looked … Continue reading
Reckless Blooming
Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer. ~Geoffrey B. Charlesworth. Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer … Continue reading
Time traveling to Palm Springs
Palm Springs. We are time traveling to the 50s. Sitting at the pool with Frank Sinatra’s voice singing into our ears. Architecture, furniture, the cocktail in our hand – all 50s and 60s style. Even the people around us supposedly had their best time back then – vibrant, gay and relaxed. “Snowbirds”, spending the winter … Continue reading
Violet, Purple, Lilac, Lavender, Rose, and Pink
As the name of a color, violet is synonymous with a bluish purple, when the word “purple” is used in the common sense of any color between blue and red, not including either blue or red. Since Isaac Newton listed violet as his name for the color of the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum (approximately380–450 nm),when both of the names purple and violet are used within the same system, violet represents colors … Continue reading
Private thoughts, dreams and phantasies (2)
“Their silky, grained tones seem to play with the pastelled qualities of the Impressionists, harking back to the works of Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec. In their soft, illuminating way the photographs mark a surprisingly conclusive, erotic striving forward of the photographer’s poetical vision of everyday life within his work, nourishing our sensuous fancy. He uses his … Continue reading
Private thoughts, visions, dreams and phantasies (1)
“Their silky, grained tones seem to play with the pastelled qualities of the Impressionists, harking back to the works of Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec. In their soft, illuminating way the photographs mark a surprisingly conclusive, erotic striving forward of the photographer’s poetical vision of everyday life within his work, nourishing our sensuous fancy. He uses his … Continue reading
Why do two colours, put one next to the other, sing?
That beautiful question comes from the famous mouth of Picasso. And his answer? He had no idea. We know: Because everything, even the smallest known level of atoms, the elementary particle, vibrates slightly. So do colours. And if one color meets another, they resonate – they sing! It is like music, a special, unique sound. The … Continue reading
Like the Grateful Dead Darling Gimme Head…
She asks me why I’m just a hairy guy I’m hairy noon and night Hair that’s a fright I’m hairy high and low Don’t ask me why Don’t know It’s not for lack of bread Like the Grateful Dead Darling Gimme head with hair Long beautiful hair Shining, gleaming, Steaming, flaxen, waxen Give me down to there … Continue reading
Baby it’s REALLY cold outside
Baby it’s really cold outside. 0° Fahrenheit! Germany is deep-frozen. “Cooper” and its ridge of high pressure is blowing from the East, from Russia. Even the big lakes in the Black Forest are covered with ice to walk on, like on “Schluchsee”, where I watched these people fishing through holes in the ice, just waiting … Continue reading
Dogs are people too
“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring–it was peace.” Milan Kundera “Dogs are better than children. Even my friends with children say that. As … Continue reading
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