the discovery of wonderland

Dublin n° 7

2011-12-19T05:55:00.000-08:00

what we say goes

2011-12-11T03:41:00.000-08:00

super-special mission looking for the secret transformers hideout.
thanx to Damir this was banned to film for future generations.
fueled by fantasy, for us it's hard to get bored even on a rainy summerday. - never stop playing!

big trick #6

2011-09-24T15:21:00.000-07:00

'Tricking is the informal name of a type of physical activity derived from the martial arts that includes techniques found in gymnastics, B-boying, and similar disciplines.[...] The sport aims to create an 'aesthetic blend of flips, kicks, and twists.' Thanks, Wikipedia.

'All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.'
Bruce Lee

tempest

2011-09-24T14:42:00.000-07:00

get a foto out of every weather.

take that, please

2011-09-18T06:29:00.001-07:00

earning money by peeling like 100 pounds of potatoes. surrounded by people who preparing cakes with pink sprinkles. the whole day. while singing & dancing. intercultural work experience is so nice. german girl got flashed. first time ever got told 'i love you.' during work. English people are SO nice to each other. wow. makes carrying dirty dishes fun. working with the music. volume up. & never had thought to attend a boy group concert... they're still running for you Robbie, Gary, Howard, Mark & Jason.

'Shouting love at the world'

Spaatn Fest

2011-09-18T05:57:00.001-07:00

Chomsky Pop

2011-09-18T04:39:00.001-07:00

"Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way."

Noam Chomsky

Odonien

2011-07-31T11:45:00.000-07:00

an art/party spot in the old hideout of the Hells Angels in Cologne. a nice open air party with june's favourite summer-guest: Sun. dance untill dawn sometimes hard to perform due to the music. but for sure to meet a bunch of colorful people sitting beside you on the pavement watching the johns & hookers leaving the pascha in the morning.

I'm packing all the flavor you need
I got you shook up on your knees
'Cause it's all about the dog in me
I want a freak in the morning
a freak in the evening
just like me

walk on the wild side

2011-07-31T07:41:00.001-07:00

and the lion so doesn't sleep tonight.

paradise city

2011-06-24T13:03:00.000-07:00

girls, beers, equipment, sun shining & the right song on repeat.
Let's play loud, ladies!

take me down to the paradise city
where the grass is green
and the girls are pretty
take me home
Oh, won't you please take me home

no place like home

2011-06-09T09:15:00.000-07:00

i love München.

parklife

2011-05-13T21:02:00.001-07:00

no sense of doubt or what you could achieve
I've found you out
I've seen the life you wish to leave
but when it kicks like...

roads less travelled

2011-05-06T02:16:00.000-07:00

Brașov

2011-04-19T02:22:00.000-07:00

at the hostel I've learned there's no problem in having a cat and a dog. And with the old lady the dog might take her for a walk. I liked the bus driver stopping in the middle of the road to let a passenger in. and last picture, we went to a local bar and Ryan ordered a s-m-a-l-l shot.

Dracula's castle

2011-04-04T12:15:00.000-07:00

some places haunt our memories. without anything to remember about. So, blindfold me tie me up or tie me down take me anywhere. I'll feel it. the dream about it. is enough. often it's just about sharing a dream with so many. It's the story you choose out of experience.
See what happens just happens
There ain’t no straight lines in the state of things
So try to cling on for dear life
And don’t forget the world keeps on turning round despite
You and me

oh, and all ghosts in this post are renacted by myself.

capital writing

2011-03-31T04:52:00.000-07:00

turned out sharing the hostel is much better. here's the state of my bucharest exploration. watch out for the balconys. really. now while I'm looking at my pictures I understand why I left bucharest so fast. that city broke my heart somehow. it's probably better in the sun. and the writing is awesome. various. interesting and deep.

Buna ziua, București!

2011-03-17T11:22:00.000-07:00

the wiring is quiet interesting. seems like everybody can connect to the electricity by herself. between typical communist buildings you find modern architecture and adorable old houses rotting. buildings showing bones. first time it occurred to me that dying on a balcony is possible. I even avoid walking beneath them. people are nice and speaking English fluently. so I had a tasty dinner intestines-free - find a lot of guts in the local cuisine.
Now I'm enjoying my hostel. inhabit the whole first floor 'cause I'm the only guest. muhaaahaa.

Viva Colonia

2011-03-07T13:13:00.000-08:00

the fifth season - most precious and holiest holidays in Cologne. It's Carnival and it's on. I'm a tourist here. first time ever I've been to a Rosenmontag parade. You've two options: scream for candy 'Kamelle' or flowers 'Strüßje'. Keep your eyes open 'cause they're actually throwing whole boxes of candies sometimes. And 'Yes!' somebody already had tried to sue the city for getting hit by chocolate (and failed).
The people put a lot of effort in their costumes. The french fries guy had two Hamburger-friends with them - they won't get lost. it's nice everything is colored up. and even those who hadn't taken any interest in their dressing at all, where fitting in perfectly.

floorwars

2011-02-15T02:13:00.000-08:00

b-boy battle in Cologne.

'One thing I know is that life is short
So listen up homeboy, give this a thought
The next time someone's teaching why don't you get taught?
It's like that and that's the way it is'

any given sun day

2011-01-31T12:55:00.001-08:00

ideas becoming reflections on everything that you consider a looking glass. hush, hush - get yourself out there and catch one of your stories.

TVpeople

2011-01-16T11:25:00.000-08:00

'You're the kind of person that I've always wanted to be with
Well you're really cool and you always say the right things to me
Good times around the corner
Good times around the corner
Good times around the corner
I swear it's getting warmer'

spring we're so ready!

radio, life transmission

2011-01-11T11:04:00.001-08:00

Listen to the silence, let it ring on ... and we would go on as though nothing was wrong... touching from a distance, further all the time ... well I could call out when the going gets tough. The things that we've learnt are no longer enough.
No language, just sound, that's all we need know, to synchronise
love to the beat of the show.
And we could dance.
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.

the radio itself, that his owner asserted me several times, would work just fine; but he just seemed not to bother it with its purpose anymore. way back from lunch it finally met an real admirer in person of a conducter: 'the RR 522! really good radio. solid work. nice one this one, really. nice.' cheers up everybody to get credits for ones' accessory.

drowning

2011-01-10T13:55:00.000-08:00

christmas cologne

2010-12-29T05:47:00.000-08:00

this is snow like I'm used to... one of the rare occasions to experience this city all in white. nice.
merry christmas, Cologne!

ce soir en point

2010-12-15T11:41:00.000-08:00

again
actions speak louder than words
like movement draws a feeling
the soul selects her own society

hey boys

2010-12-05T06:37:00.001-08:00

some impressions I've got on 'inspiration-day' - my own abilities are still lightyears from that, but it's good to see what actually IS possible. I appreciate the motivation I get from so much focused energy. I was swept away from the parkour-champs and their good attitude! Smiling all the time - I'm really into people who succeded in dreaming with eyes wide open and getting well paid for it. they use to have that air of complacence around them. in a good way. I know they're human after all, even thou they can fly, almost, but somedays you just need to be flashed.
So, hey boys: a-w-e-s-o-m-e!
and sorry for the crappy pictures, but the light in the gymnasium is just not there. like the heat.

time flies like

2010-11-28T12:14:00.000-08:00

I'm pretty sure it just was october. really. tricked by spacetime. again. perhaps darkness and frostiness are just slowing time down? actually this sounds quite reasonable to me. the more I think about it... I miss this daytime-thing so much. so glad I took a picture.
reality check: a petty powdered roof across the yard; next to a pleasant iluminated balcony highlights the view out my window. thanks Cologne.

trust

2010-11-19T03:35:00.000-08:00

there is no before or after, only a within. stick to what you feel and trust: truly madly deeply.

we will remember

2010-11-07T12:44:00.000-08:00

"faith teaches resurrection
love thinks of reunion
hope protects you from getting down"
is written on a tombstone. cemetries belong to the places where time passes in a different way. slow down. say a prayer for a stranger. make sure no one is forgotten.
leaving my ladies. everyone is heading for a different point of the compass. but I'm not sad. looking out of the window and there they are: wheels in the sky. keep on turning and I don't know where I'll be tomorrow.
So I know there is still an island to discover. just keep on following the songs.

some sunny sunday

2010-10-03T02:18:00.000-07:00

... through Bratislava. like so many hat people. in general we should replace Cola with Kofola. a lot of beautiful street art makes the city breathing. castle is on watch. and even the Donau, so blau, so blau.
... listen to your heart.

Nitra in 3D

2010-10-02T02:38:00.000-07:00

...and back to Bratislava.
In Nitra we're invited to that famous 3D-Party. I remember the slovak gingerbread-schnaps, my circus outfit and in the end we had a great lightsaber fight - and of course the nice cousin and cousin's friends who again proved, that you don't need to share a language to spend time together. a smile is the best shortcut - and YES it is that simple.
next day in the evening we went back to Bratislava to meet another Kaohsiung-friend. with a big grin on his face, he left us no choice... party on.

Bratislava n° 6

2010-09-18T10:29:00.000-07:00

Capoeira na beira do mar

2010-08-28T03:05:00.000-07:00

the annual Capoeira Camp. this year we're playing on the beaches of the North Sea. special thanks to Alligator - best performance 2010.

Still Leben A40

2010-08-15T05:46:00.000-07:00

Still Leben Ruhrschnellweg. one highway. 60 km on a sunday are closed for cars, given to the people. and guess what? a huge traffic jam. just with bikes instead of cars. 3 000 000 people. all managed it being part of a peacefull event adressed to all ages. amazed to see and experience how a highway became a social urban space. went there in the afternoon. skated from Duisburg to Essen. had the whole highway for my own. lying on the Überholspur. rare occasion. flashed me.
don't be surprised - just don't underestimate what space, the meaning and the access to it, is doing to you and us.

ich will dich treffen wo's am schönsten war

2010-08-03T05:30:00.000-07:00

much more an organism than a city. I can't say the people are happier there, but you really wanna be a part of it. It sucks you in. Charms you with all the promises that where made now rollin' out in front of your own eyes. I'm not sure if there was a celebrity more popular than NYC. and it was hard to realize that more of the stories were true, than those who weren't. this is not about being perfect, nobody ever said that. In fact the most of the stories told by New York seem to be hard, sad or unfair and if they were funny just due an elaborated kind of sarcasm. I think it's the myth that echoing in your head when you step in this arena:
'if you can make it here, you can make it everywhere.'
a promise that also scared the hell out of me. but for us the temptation of this call was stronger. no possible way to resist. had to play this game.