Manchmal läßt sich nichts ändern als die eigene Einstellung
Posted on September 25, 2011
Du willst. Du kannst. Du musst.
Am besten, Du hast Lust.
Picasso & Mastership
Posted on June 28, 2011
Screenwriters never really get the respect they deserve. Olson relates an anecdote about Picasso, who was approached by a guy at a party and asks Picasso to draw on a napkin and he’ll pay him. Picasso does it, hands the drawing to the man and asks for a million dollars. “What, but it took you thirty seconds to do that!” Picasso shrugs, “Well, it took me fifty years to learn to do that in thirty seconds.”
Or told a little differently:
Upon entering a restaurant, Picasso was greeted by the owner himself, who offered him free meal in exchange for a drawing. Picasso made the owner a quick sketch on a napkin, which thrilled him. At the end of the meal the owner noticed that the sketch was not signed, so he asked Picasso for his signature. To which Picasso answered: “Dear man, if I signed that drawing it’s not a meal you would have to offer me but your entire restaurant.”
Buying a Nikon doesn’t make you a photographer…
Posted on June 15, 2011
Buying a Nikon doesn’t make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner.
– Author Unknown
Leica, schmeica. The camera doesn’t make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But you have to see.
– Ernst Haas
Most working professionals don’t dwell on gear. What’s funny (a lot of times not) is that hobbyist spend more time focusing on gear and talking about it, than becoming a better photographer. The thing is hobbyist have day jobs and having the latest equipment is more of a fun luxury rather than a cost of doing business.
Most professionals are too busy on assignment to keep up on the latest and greatest in the market. Most pro’s can take good photos with pretty much anything. So just a quick word of advice, pro’s hate talking gear with hobbyist, or any one for that matter. Odds are, you know more than they do.
– Micah Albert
Definition von Nachhaltigkeit
Posted on April 9, 2011
Wie kommen Gesellschaften, die nicht mehr zukunftsfähig sind, wieder dahin, zukunftsfähig zu sein?
Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer, See Conference #6, April 2011
Vom Lehren
Posted on March 10, 2011
Niemand kann Euch etwas eröffnen, was nicht schon im Dämmern Eures Wissens schlummert.
Der Lehrer, der zwischen seinen Jüngern im Schatten des Tempels umhergeht, gibt nicht von seiner Weisheit, sondern eher von seinem Glauben und seiner Liebe.
Wenn Euer Lehrer wirklich weise ist, fordert er euch nicht auf, ins Haus seiner Weisheit einzutreten, sondern führt Euch an die Schwelle eures eigenen Geistes.
Der Astronom kann Euch von seinem Verständnis des Weltraumes reden, aber er kann Euch nicht sein Verständnis geben.
Der Musiker kann Euch vom Rhythmus singen, der Weltraum ist, aber er kann Euch weder das Ohr geben,
das den Rhythmus festhält, noch die Stimme, die ihn wiedergibt.
Und wer der Wissenschaft der Zahlen kundig ist, kann vom Reich der Gewichte und Masse berichten,
aber er kann Euch nicht dorthin führen.
Denn die Einsicht eines Menschen verleiht ihre Flügel keinem anderen.
Und wie jeder von euch allein in Gottes Wissen steht, so muss jeder von Euch allein in seinem Wissen von Gott und seinem Verständnis der Erde sein.
– Gibran Khalil Gibran
The Function of the Artist
Posted on February 4, 2011
You can’t show anyone anything he hasn’t seen already, on some level – any more than you can tell anyone anything he doesn’t already know. It is the function of the artist to evoke the experience of surprised recognition: to show the viewer what he knows but does not know that he knows.
– William S. Burroughs