meisterhaus kandinsky-klee

Dessau

yin

there and back

The loud plane seems for a moment to deny

the reality of the clouds and of the sky, by its direction,

its noise, and its pretended strength. 

The silence of the sky

remains when the plane has gone.

The tranquillity of the clouds will remain
when the plane has fallen apart.

It is the silence of the world that is real.

Our noise, our business, our purposes...our statements

about our purposes, our business, and our noise:
these are the illusion.

-thomas merton

always welcome good advice.

& somehow-calm green walls.

(it's funny what you realize you love in the long run.)

surprising, sometimes. sometimes not.

square deal

dear liz danzico,

Thanks for your intentional organization. Every day.

And thanks for the Ryan Freitas (35 lessons) post today (from which I quote the following):

Work

- Debates over terminology and semantics are for archivists and academics. If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.

- No one gives a damn about the size of your to-do list.

- How we handle ambiguity and failure has a lot to do with our potential for success.

- Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career.

Ryan Freitas

photo, top:

marianne brandt,

self-portrait mirrored

in sphere

otti berger

otti berger:

herzen and

dress-up box

orignial photo: gertrud arndt

photo of photo: vt, dessau 2010

mnemonic

looking at the photo,

i can only tell you that

these two walls painted

these two colors had the

most unexpected shock

of loveliness and it is

very difficult to explain;

it created (on that hot

muggy day) the most

vibrant, alluring elegy

to these women of the

bauhaus. i wish you

could see it in person.

(there's no

forgetting)

when you're a Thing-Finder, you don't have a minute to spare

a moment to congratulate david john

(who is a true delight and has one of

the most brilliant blogs around) for his

very cool news. pure joy to see this

blog meet blog story; it sends a sweet

shot of happiness through the interwebs.

back to dessau

"a longing for excitement can be satisfied

without external means,

within oneself; for creating

is the most intense excitement

one can come to know"

anni albers

portrait of lucia moholy by anni albers

dessau

meisterhäuser in dessau