Winterstille

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Der Himmel ist so blaß geworden,

Die weißen Wolken künden Schnee,

Das Bächlein singt ein Lied vom Sterben

Und schleicht sich müde durch den Klee.

Am Zaune flattern welke Ranken,

Wie lange noch, dann ist's so still,

Daß sich in diesem großen Schweigen

Kaum noch die Sehnsucht regen will.

Anna Ritter 

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mein Norden - Stille

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Nichts Nervenerfrischenderes weiß ich, als in weißer Winterdämmerung 

so dahinzuwandern im wirbelnden Geflocke. Es ist Natur, 

die gleichsam vom Himmel fällt, so still und so rein, 

wie es nichts Reineres gibt auf Erden.

Peter Rosegger 

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it's a kind of magic

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“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.” 

― J.K. Rowling

Scenic Weekends  * Inspire me Monday * Macro Monday * Our Beautiful World (hope it's fresh enough ;-) 

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27.01. Holocaust Memorial Day - Silence ...

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Wenn alles still ist, geschieht am meisten.

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard

Wir schulden es den Opfern und Hinterbliebenen uns zu erinnern und durch das Bewussthalten uns und unseren Kindern eine Zukunft ohne solche Greueltaten und Krieg zu sichern.  - Isabella Kramer, veredit 2014


In 1996, former German President Roman Herzog proclaimed January 27 the Day of Remembrance for Victims of National Socialism, in order to stress the importance of vigilance toward intolerance and hatred. The date was chosen for its significance in Holocaust history. On January 27, 1945 Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest concentration camp where over one million men, women and children were killed.

The United Nations designated the same day in 2006 as the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

Over six million people perished in concentration camps from forced labor, starvation, disease or extermination. The majority of the victims were Jews. The Nazi regime sent hundreds of thousands of others to their deaths during their reign of terror, whom the state deemed degenerate or a political threat, including the disabled, the mentally ill, homosexuals, Sinti and Roma, political enemies and members of religious organizations.







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Silence ...

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Silence is a source of Great Strength. 

― Laozi

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proudly present: My newest Photo Exhibition - CITY LINES

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CITY LINES

Invitation to my newest Photo Exhibition

in Porto, Portugal organized by Ruben Malia and his team. 

Many thanks to him for their great job!!

1 - 28 February 2014

Rua Mártires da Liberdade, 

No.154 Porto, Portugal

find more on Facebook: here

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island dreams - 8

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Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching the skies for dreams. 

- Haruki Murakami

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island dream - 7

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Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what 

it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. 

- Anais Nin

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island dreams - 6

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I have dreamt in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; 

they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind. 

- Emily Bronte

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island dreams - 5

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Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. 

- John Updike

Scenic Weekends

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island dreams - 4

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Follow your dreams, they know the way. 

- Kobe Yamada

Skywatch Friday

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Island dreams - 3

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Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. 

It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. 

- Ray Bradbury

.all images of this series were created on the island of Fuerteventura, it is one of the Canary Islands, belonging to Spain and lie to the left of Africa, you know ....

island dreams - 2

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All people dream, but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses
of their mind, wake in the morning to find that it was vanity.
But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people,
For they dream their dreams with open eyes,
And make them come true.

- D.H. Lawrence

I'm linking with: Our Beautiful World ... because the weekly prompt is Shadow





all images of this series were created on the island of Fuerteventura, it is one of the Canary Islands, belonging to Spain and lie to the left of Africa, you know ....




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island dreams

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The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary. 

- Ashleigh Brilliant

all images of this series were created on the island of Fuerteventura, it is one of the Canary Islands, belonging to Spain and lie to the left of Africa, you know ....


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the conclusion

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 When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that
the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.

 - Albert Einstein

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city lines - 8 + 9

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Abstraction demands more from me than realism. Instead of reproducing something 

outside of me, now I go inward and use everything I've learned thus far in my life. 

- Susan Avishai

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city lines - 7

The more abstract the truth you wish to teach,
the more you must allure the senses to it.

 

Friedrich Nietzsche

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city lines - 6

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Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break it like an artist.

Pablo Picasso

Weekend Reflection

Skywatch Friday

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Der Träumer - textures tuesday

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Der Träumer

Es war ein Traum in meiner Seele tief.
Ich horchte auf den holden Traum:
ich schlief.
Just ging ein Glück vorüber, als ich schlief,
und wie ich träumte, hört ich nicht:
es rief.

Träume scheinen mir wie Orchideen. –
So wie jene sind sie bunt und reich.
Aus dem Riesenstamm der Lebenssäfte
ziehn sie just wie jene ihre Kräfte,
brüsten sich mit dem ersaugten Blute,
freuen in der flüchtigen Minute,
in der nächsten sind sie tot und bleich. –
Und wenn Welten oben leise gehen,
fühlst du's dann nicht wie von Düften wehen?
Träume scheinen mir wie Orchideen. –

Rainer Maria Rilke

made with KimKlassen Texture aurora 

Schwanenspur

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Fliehendes Jahr, in duftigen Schleiern

Streifend an abendrötlichen Weihern

Wallest du deine Bahn;

Siehst mich am kühlen Waldsee stehen,

Wo an herbstlichen Uferhöhen

Zieht entlang ein stummer Schwan.

Still und einsam schwingt er die Flügel

Tauchet in den Wasserspiegel,

Hebt den Hals empor und lauscht;

Taucht zum andern Male nieder,

Richtet sich auf und lauschet wieder,

Wie's im flüsternden Schilfe rauscht.

Und in seinem Tun und Lassen

Will's mich wie ein Traum erfassen,

Als ob's meine Seele wär:,

Die verwundert über das Leben,

Über das Hin- und Widerschweben, 

Lugt' und lauschte hin und her.

Atme nur in vollen Zügen

Dieses friedliche Genügen

Einsam auf der stillen Flur!

Und hast du dich klar empfunden,

Mögen enden deine Stunden,

Wie zerfließt die Schwanenspur!

Gottfried Keller

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