Catholic

Come in, listen and tell without being judged, for it's none of my business. Sometimes I may laugh but that would only be at the situation.


Live and deal with others better.

Sweat

There is something marvellous in having oneself worked up in a sweat, though it might not seem so great to the bystander. Yet according to my former piano teacher, at the time a doctoral student of chemistry, it could be much worse, much more smelly, if I used a deodorant. So he begged me not to use one.

In the Abstract

standing there immovable/ immobile until the earth starts moving, shifting

Shine a Light

Considering the interesting and most probably true thought, that introspection can only be brought about by outer confrontation.

Unconciously

the happening

surprising

living

just like in the garden scattering seeds all over the place and marvelling at all the beautiful flowers


just invite all this wildlife

Sceptic

Just because I am a religious person I am not simply credulous, because I dabble in credence I know how and especially when to be sceptic.


or

"Ein skeptischer Katholik ist mir lieber als ein gläubiger Atheist/ I prefer a sceptical Catholic to a devout atheist."

Kurt Tucholsky

Equilibrium

the illusion of being able to represent, let alone control reality


"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

Comet

jut something to get the imagination running wild in whatever direction


it depends on one's pretty own disposition

The Remedy

for almost everything, but especially against growing old and weary: genuine heartfelt laughter


No fear

What a Drag

So my children presented a video showing some photos of historical figures, whom nobody suspected to have been hotties in their time. My only comment: They obviously have been young once!  Mostly everybody looks better as their younger self.



Now just imagine a time without photography and some other means of preservation.

No More Fading

 to grey


as there is no physical item any more




digital

having been challenged and feeling adventurous enough not to avoid it, I nevertheless fear that I am not a good photographer nor my means pretty good.

Testing

To call somebody "afternoonfarmer" and "Lord of Limbs" must most certainly be love.

Almighty

being able to literally raise hell as a preventive act

Confession

So the recent heavily debated issue if even Germans could see the eighth - in another context the seventh - of May as a day of liberation, left me again wondering at the predominant Protestant view about such matters especially in, but not restricted to, Germany. In a Catholic context there are certainly means that would even present to the perpetrator an instrument to liberation from her/ his sins or errors.

Gefallsucht - Coquetry

attracting


attracting


attracting


publicity

sometimes undesired

Provocation - Evocation

is the artist's prerogative, function and duty


the desire to get involved

yet who would feel offended

Baroque

My wonderful cheeky daughter asking me today if I like the baroque implying that as far as she's concerned nobody does or should.


Yet there is something to be said for this spinning in infinity.


magis

Monster

It is always the other, who is the monster,


or is she or he?!


empathy and intuition

being the other of the other

Exalted

and yet so humble


the gentle rage  - translated by Ramses Shaffy into Dutch and back into English by Matt Watts inspired by  Dylan Thomas' Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

An Excuse

for laziness

inventiveness

 - at least a mental alertness if it does not waste too much resources in consequence

Agens

agent

actuating

agitating

Commun-icate

we had only a few minutes but shared so very much

indeed I was very glad that he shared his frustrations at the current situation

so now I will include him in my thoughts though we most probably will never meet again


the comfort of strangers

There is at least one Medium for Life

though none that is up for grabs


it's as volatile, marvellous, sometimes unruly, as life itself

Reasoning

pick yourself up like Münchhausen

sensational

Conquest

 - so male - is hardly work at all



maintaining it all is though

Crawling to Target

determined or overcharged


the sleepless nights

Identity Politics

There is either a given name or an identity; or rather if I have a name, I do not need an identity.


For I am me, myself and I.

Dünkel - Conceit

sense of entitlement


never actually (be)longing

Fitness

being able due to circumstances and spirit to bear up 


if only



we surely would have made it

Extempore

action and reaction

till at last something happens and we share an experience

The Course Not Taken

 Things that were not meant to be.

the sketch of a letter never written to an addressee who is no more


Norbert Prangenberg


it came back to me today


dear Norbert, you very amiable person, I can but picture you constantly smiling in my memory