Es ist ein später Spätsommertag, an dem die Sonne in die Dresdner Altstadt strahlt. Sie hat sich mit ausreichend Kraft in den November geschleppt, um draußen zu frühstücken, inmitten all des historischen Kitsches, wie der vorbeiziehenden Kutschen, die uns bereits seit zwei Tagen das Wochenende versüßen. Am Nachbartisch sitzen vier junge Männer, angeregt in ein […]
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There is no luxury without those providing it. I can call myself lucky to be on the release end of my camera.
Sometimes, people come into your life, maybe for two minutes, maybe for two hours, they touch your soul, they leave, and you might never see them again. But they made you richer. May 22, 2013. I’m in Berlin. Business. I planned to spend the evening with a friend but he cannot make it. So what […]
Wonach verlangst du?
There are things between Heaven and Earth (which is to say between French and English) that are untranslatable. Phrases that gain their meaning not only by their words but also by the context in which we usually hear them being said. The charming language mix of the Hill knows many of these examples: if things […]
Leaving a message is one part of a social contract which is completed by the checking of the message, as explained by Sheldon Cooper. This social contract seems to be subject to a major change: modern communication tools allow us to check if the message has been checked. I endorse a lot of developments the […]
Last week, I trained for making history. Think well before you pick your boss as sparring partner.
There is a lot said and written about love these days. I decided to join in. But the love story I encountered ends in doubt. And a touching memory. It is seven years ago that I got to spend a most lovely time of Advent in a cozy home with a handful of decent people, […]
In a drawer of my desk I just found two little photographs that had been lost since a couple of years. They were taken on a non-digital camera and I printed them in the little photo lab we used to have in my former appartment on 7*11 cm paper. They were taken in a student […]
I thought about writing a very pathetic text about how great EMSOC was, the people, the music, the beach, but I decided to keep up the telegram style I used during the project. EMSOC 2012 in Rijeka: Sun, fun, and Mendelssohn. Alright, and Mozart and Sorkočević. Program for the Choir: Mendelssohn’s Die Erste Walpurgisnacht. Tough […]