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Commute
The commute. A noun describing the regular journey between home and place of employment or education. Or what I like to call it: The biggest waste of time ever spent with people you do not want to be with. A few musings about commuting. My employer at the time was very keen on being present […]
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On Beauty, Age and Sexual Attraction
I went on a walk with a friend of mine and she said, that she may only have a few years left where men find her attractive. She was talking about her 40th birthday coming up. She just said it and we were at a busy intersection so I did not really register it at […]
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Tinder Selfies or a Self Portrait Session
Last year during the first lockdown, when I realized that most of my social and cultural activities were either unavailable or too cumbersome, I thought about what kind of photography I could do at home. Back then I still only owned the X100F so macro was out of the question. How about self portraits? A […]
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All those deaths stacked up
All those deaths stacked up (2014) I just discovered the Tuesday Photo Challenge and this weeks topic and the general situation with the pandemic got me to remember this photo. Now it would be easy to make a post about the deaths from COVID but I think we all have enough of this particular topic. […]
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No worry no life
This is the dome of Sanssouci. One of the more famous palaces in Germany. Although “palace” is not quite apt for what is essentially a king’s summer house not larger than some big English manors. The name which literally means “no worry” is ironic for a king who threw his country into multiple wars some […]
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All I really want
There is a small or maybe hidden in plain sight reference in this post. If you find it you win a price. Maybe I’ll send you a print of one of my pictures. This post is one of the many steps in making my life an aspirational life. Photographic NotesI found this statue incredibly beautiful. […]
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Life has its up and downs
Click here to listen to some appropriate music from one of my favorites shows ever (plus beard goal 2021…not going to happen 😉 Life is a see-saw This part of the see-saw is currently on the up while my current mood seems to be on the down. Well it is easy to feel down with […]
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Achievement, Aspiration and Motivation
I am stuck. A year and half ago at age 39 I enrolled into university again to study philosophy. Something I always wanted to do and wished I would have done when I was young. Today I am seriously not motivated to do anything about my studies. I simply can’t get up, read and learn […]
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Money is a Mirage
I love money. Not in the sense of I want more of it (although I would not mind) but I love money because it is a most wonderful invention. Money is a mirage and a miracle. It is nothing and everything. It has no worth on its own but almost the whole world is measured […]
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