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The wings of the past

‘Flying’. What a beautiful word. Just a century ago, incredible as it seems, it was related to dreams, birds mental journeys expressed in thoughts on paper, or the fertile imagination of those unaccustomed to receiving any news outside art, literature and folk tales, while today it means nothing less than physical transfer of individuals from one side of the planet to the other. What I find most curious is the stress and intense irritation many of us feel at airports. Can you imagine someone in the future grumbling because they have to wait an hour for teletransportation? Our vain sense of superiority as a species robs us of our capacity for surprise, for admiration of all we have created and our minds have managed to attain. It’s quite a challenge to allow our fears to take flight, and start to feel there’s something infinite beyond the obligatory stimuli and the incessant flow of vetted information we swallow up today. What has become of metaphysics and language? What became of those...

Goodbye 2011, Welcome 2012

Heute ist schon den 30.12.2011, 2011 ist schon fast vorbei, nur noch ein Tag, wie schnell die Zeit sich vergeht… I can’t believe it; 2011 is coming to an end! Who would have believed it? It feels for me as if it's just started yesterday. But now I guess I’ve to start my goodbyes to 2011 and welcome 2012! Dear 2011, sometimes you weren’t faithful to me in other words you didn’t treat me well, you had lots of surprises ...you brought good and bad things, but mainly when I think deeply, I don’t really like you, maybe in another life we would have been best friends… But I must confess that, I’m very thankful, for everything that I was able to reach this year… Weather it was a new life, new atmosphere, new experiences, new friends and of course for everything I leaned during this whole year!      I’d like to thank everyone who stood beside me, during my tough days, for those who cheered me up, for those who gave me their shoulders, a back to hold on … For those who g...
Life has taught me that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction. - Anonymous 
Dear X, Thanks for the Fairy Tale! Sincerely, N