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Enough

#tbt: Enough! Nobody ever thought that she’d leave them. But she left them all. They fought too much or not enough. Why she left them? Because they didn’t have the right perception of her. And she couldn’t convince them to change their view. Is it now her fault because she was incapable to show them…
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Book Recommendation: The Book Thief

As I have honoured Markus Zusak’s work in my latest #sundaystory, I’d now like to give a ‘real’ recommendation for this book. Attention! There might be some spoilers. But this is going to be more of a personal story about this book. So, let’s start at the beginning. As you might know by now, I…
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Lonely Heart of an Artist

Lonely Heart of an Artist Maybe I have to have a lonely heart to be a good artist. From time to time I’m allowed a small glimpse of what it feels like to be connected and this feeling causes enthusiasm and enthusiasm causes energy and this energy can be transformed into art. Maybe I’d be…
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My Secret Place

for a lovely girl, P. My Secret Place When you feel bitter in your heart as if all the pieces of you fall apart and you feel lost in time and space, don‘t give up, but search for that secret place that‘s hidden deep inside yourself and you will feel protected by a shell that…
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Reflection

Photo: Kathrin Mauksch I look into the mirror but it doesn’t reflect me. A blurred silhouette in a watery periphery. I trusted a stranger and I doubted my heart. Seems like I mistook angels for demons and demons for angels. A blurred picture in a watery mirror. I do not reflect. I’m trapped. Stuck. My…
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Broken Angel

Photo & Editing: Tofublock Photography I’m a broken angel, But not a fallen one, I’m gonna fix it and once it’s done, I’m gonna lift and raise up high, Above the shiniest star I’m gonna fly, With mended wings, A puppet without strings, Forget all the struggle and the mess, White light is gonna caress…
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Taking a shower

Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar Photo & Edtiing: GOTOX, 2011 Today a result from a writing exercise I had to do in one of my courses. Basically the exercise was this: Normally you handle adjectives and comparisons carefully, just like stereotypes, but this time, think about something that you did today and try…
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Dusche

This entry is also available in English Photo & Edtiing: GOTOX, 2011 Heute ein Ergebnis einer Schreibaufgabe, die ich mal im Zuge einer meiner Kurse machen musste. (Dies hier ist nur die Übersetzung, da das Original auf englisch verfasst wurde und bis heute unübersetzt blieb) Die Aufgabe war Folgende: Normalerweise dosiert man Adjektive und Vergleiche…
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Prison of Perfection

Perfectionism is a prison Competition is a cage Reflection often ends in rage and weeping in wisdom. Embrace your perfect imperfections and compete with yourself to leave the cage, reflect upon your rage until you weep and become wise. Wisdom reflects upon the competition with perfection after the rage turned against the cage that once…
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Rosie’s Relief or Off her Chest

Get out of my head! Sometimes she has to write you off her chest. Off her mind. Sometimes she needs to dance away into the distance. And sometimes she succeeds in getting you off her mind. For a while. But no matter how much she’s writing, or how wild she’s dancing, she never gets you…
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Sneak Peek into Labelled Love: A Borrowed Life

Today another little sneak peek into my book Labelled Love. Photo & Editing: Ralph Wietek A Borrowed Life Have you ever seen a musician playing their instrument? Say, a violinist playing so passionately that not only the music itself, but his facial expression and the passion expressed through his body moves you, touches you? Well,…
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#sundaystory: Alles wird gut

Die vorgegebenen Informationen waren: a) Deutsch b) Alles wird gut c) Pferd, Polizist, Eis d) kindgerecht für Mathias und Lilly Es war laut, es war bunt, die Welt stand Kopf, es war Karneval. Die kleine Mia sprang freudig in ihrem Prinzessinnenkostüm an der Hand ihres Vaters auf und ab, während sie auf dem Weg zum…
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Cheese Macaroni

Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar super fast, super easy and super tasty macaroni! 🙂 You need: 250g Macaroni 250g Ricotta 2 teaspoons of grainy mustard 3 spoons of chives salt and pepper 200g Cherry tomatoes, cut in half 100g dried tomatoes in oil, drained and chopped butter or oil for the form 100g…
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Käse-Makkaroni

This entry is also available in English super schnelle, super einfache und super leckere Makkaroni! 🙂 Ihr braucht: 250g Makkaroni 250g Ricotta 2 TL körniger Senf 3 EL frisch gehackter Schnittlauch Salz und Pfeffer 200g Kirschtomaten, halbiert 100g getrocknete Tomaten in Öl, abgetropft und gehackt Butter oder Öl zum Einfetten 100g geriebener Emmentaler (oder auch…
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How to stay creative Tipp #2

Dieser Beitrag ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar Sit down in a café and observe the surrounding and the people! I don’t necessarily mean meet your friends in a café, but I mean, really take a little time for yourself and sit down in a café on your own, order your favourite drink and maybe a…
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