I think I first read about Diane Arbus (1923-1971), when already in England. As Frank van Riper indicates in his article, she indeed is often introduced as someone who documented “the lives of t...
First Humanities Building, Lomonosov Moscow State University This is a true story. Around September 1996 I had a dream in which I saw a modern-looking building decorated with a plaque with carv...
… I‘m finally in Moscow, my native city. I’ve just pondered on the power of written goals, and those of you who’ve been reading this blog since 2006 might remember that one of ...
-1- I shall tell you of one experience I had recently. An old English gentleman and I had a conversation on the subject of a telephone bill. Although he knew he had to reduce it, he couldn’t fin...
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Pablo Picasso I‘ve written previously that I preferred “goals” to “ambitions”. I think it was in 2007, and by 2010 my point of view has changed only slightly. I’ll ...
S’il n’y avait que sept merveilles du ‘monde’ sur la terre, cela ne vaudrait pas la peine d’y aller voir (J. Prevert) – If there were only seven wonders of the R...
I‘ve always been surrounded by books, as you know. Since I came to England, I have amassed a darn good collection, too, which was occasionally but generously enriched by my mother. As a result, ...
Pablo Picasso, A Girl with a Book Everyone wants to understand art. Why don’t we try to understand the songs of a bird? Why do we love the night, the flowers, everything around us, without tryin...
Still image from Citizen Kane Great films can teach us more than what their makers plan while filming. The story quoted below can be found in Paul Arden’s book, and it amply demonstrates how far...