There is a secret to be found on the street. Many people never discover it, they don’t see it because they don’t look for it. It’s the secret that gives meaning to our everyday lives. For that to happen you have to get involved, take action. Go out onto the street with your camera and […]
Street Photography Without too Much Thinking
Street photography allows us to walk, look, and to observe without having to explain our actions of gathering information about our environment. Humans feel secure when they understand more about their surroundings, Street photography gives us the chance to develop an intimacy with those fleeting moments that constantly occur. We know that things are happening […]
A New Neighbour, a Hot Shower, and a Cup of Tea
When I look out of my rear window I see a tree that is as large as the house I live in. I live in a block of apartments with four floors, on each floor there are two doors, each leads to an apartment. Some of these doors represent a mystery to me, I don’t […]
The Express Lounge Café in Berlin
The Express Lounge Café Rain, wind, and wet masked faces mill around the corner of Mehringdamm and Bergmann Strasse. Leaves on the ground are already causing heels to slip. People take shorter steps in autumn, I’ve noticed that. Mehringdamm When you look along Mehringdamm, a part of the long road that cuts through Berlin, you’ll see that […]
Hats for Cool Heads
Wearing a hat is one of my things. A hat will lift your spirits, add style to who-ever you already are, and it’ll get you a few looks as you walk along the street. “Personally I would never want to be a member of any group where you either have to wear a hat, or […]
Take Action — Write and be Happy
Making decisions can be a daunting process to go through. We all do it, get wrapped up in the thought process, the weighing up of facts. We believe that we’re sifting facts from fiction, and hoping that this will help us find the critical moment of action. “Think before you speak. Read before you think.” ― Fran Lebowitz […]
The Challenges of Adapting to Home Office Working
The idea of working from home has been on the cards for a long time. Since the computer entered the home and went from Galactic Space games to personal organizer, and now portable working space. For many people homeworking is already a reality. Learning the new work rhythms, and coping with the unforeseen problems that come […]
Seeing Things Clearly
“Everything you can imagine is real.” Pablo Picasso We can never fully trust the validity of our own awareness. It is always shifting and morphing to meet the outside world. Whatever we look at, and how we interpret the material object, or a constellation of human activity, is always tainted by our own pre-knowledge. Even seeing something […]
The Turkish Baker of Zossener Strasse
There are stories in the streets of Kreuzberg, many of them already erased by the wind. Many, lie sleeping in the Bergmannkiez Cemetery. Some stories persist. They can’t go away or be swept up on the wind. These stories come alive each day in the actions of the people of Kreuzberg. They are truths. Autumn […]
Cats — The Great Manipulators
Cats — The Great Manipulators “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.” — Terry Pratchett I live with three cats. I love them, and I have good reason to love them. They are demanding, sometimes needy, sometimes not needy. Cats are social animals, and after my observations, based on […]