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Singularity

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0200

Form is emptiness.

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Spiritual Ancestry

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0200

When I accepted my Vietnamese teachers, I accepted their ancestry as part of my ancestry and their teachers as my teachers.

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Serenity

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0200

If you want serenity, stop craving serenity.

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Tomorrow's tea

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0200

Trà ngày mai.

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There is neither chaos nor order

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0200

Không có trật tự. Cũng không có hỗn loạn. Không có khái niệm nào cả. There is no order. There is no chaos. There is no concept at all.

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Drink your tea

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Thầy nói: 'Uống trà của bạn đi'. Thầy cũng nói: 'Khi uống trà, hãy dùng cả hai tay.' Thầy said: 'Drink your tea.'. Thầy also said: 'When you drink tea use both of your hands.'

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Are you sure?

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Khi mình phải có quá nhiều làm, mình nghĩ đến lời dạy của thầy: "Bạn có chắc không?" Mình có chắc chắn rằng những điều này quan trọng không? When I have too many things to do, I try to think of...

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Tree of Christmas Past

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Khi mình còn nhỏ, nhà mình thường mua cây thông Noel có rễ. Hôm nay những cây này lớn. Mình hiểu: Khi mình cắt bỏ rễ của một thứ gì đó thì một thứ không thể phát triển. Nhưng khi...

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Dependent origination.

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200

No entity can be described independently of of other entities. Each state arises from another state.

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What will it bee?

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Who needs focus on a lovely day, bzzz bzzz?

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Rilke

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Rilke 1, Chatbots 0

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Gestalt

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0200

He: Gestalt is a theory of perception that emphasises the processing of entire patterns and configurations, and not merely individual components. She: Good luck with that.

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How to spoil a good thing

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:25:56 +0200

Those who know me better than just superficially can tell a story about my utter contempt for Google. For what they are, for what they do. To you, to me, to us as a society. It scares me how they try to cover up their extremely invasive...

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Here we go again.

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0200

Words without sound I lay wake in night's haze all forgotten my hunger sleepwalk through my days all forgotten my younger self - and its ways.

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Gone Friend

Sun, 10 May 2020 17:48:47 +0200

A body, a grave, or a memory. What is gone first?

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Robin

Sat, 09 May 2020 16:07:18 +0200

Everybody needs a wingman.

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Connection

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:59:00 +0200

And when he held the dandelion in his hands he could feel for a second that what they say is true, that everything in the universe is connected.

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Full Life

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 23:59:00 +0200

He: Don't we have a full life? She: Yes, but I fear very soon we will feel very empty.

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Adopted

Sat, 18 Apr 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Plants are the easiest way of bringing something living into your life.

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Edge

Fri, 17 Apr 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Can any tool be used as a weapon? Will we ever invent something that will not be misused for malicious deeds?

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Coming Home

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 23:59:00 +0200

On that day Rupert understood that learning and teaching are fundamentally the same thing.

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Downward social Comparison

Sat, 11 Apr 2020 23:59:00 +0200

She has a short life of hard labour without holidays and career options. In comparison is your life really that bad?

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Mycology

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 23:59:00 +0200

She: Look, how beautiful! He: Beautiful? One does not need to be a botanist to see that this fruit is rotting! She: And one does not need to be a mycologist to see that this fungus is flourishing.

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clarity

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 17:38:00 +0200

Beauty is the result of paying attention.

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randomnoise

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:33:00 +0200

We cannot see more than one thing at once.

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Whiteout

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:25:00 +0200

If there is too much light in your life you will miss the contrast.

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Verboten!

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 11:59:00 +0200

Peter was quite surprised when he found out that there was a codified version of the law of nature.

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Zoom In

Sun, 05 Apr 2020 23:59:00 +0200

He paused for a minute and wondered how long it would take him to look at every little detail of the tree in front of him. And this tree was just one out of many.

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Priming

Sat, 04 Apr 2020 23:59:00 +0200

She: We still need to decide where to go for our free weekend. He: Yes, we do. Before we discuss it, could you open the window for a few minutes, please? She: Sure. I want to go to the Netherlands, by the way

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Proximity

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 23:59:00 +0200

On that day he learned two things; that beauty does not need to be in focus and that closeness does not require proximity.

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Fabric

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Lying on their bed he realised that every thread of the linen was a barrier between them and that he lacked what it required to overcome them.

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Eye of Technology

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 23:59:00 +0200

And as he was staring at the speaker in the even darker corner of the room he wondered if technology was maybe the monster that we have invited into our houses.

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Edible?

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 23:59:00 +0200

She: This pasta looks a bit like a handful of mealworms. He: It does, but it certainly tastes better. She: How can you be so certain of that?

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Nature's Eye

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Nobody is a better painter than mother nature herself.

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Fixture

Sun, 29 Mar 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Our, the human, world is a collection of things that are held in position by force.

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Daily Bread

Sat, 28 Mar 2020 11:59:00 +0200

It is the simple things in life that allow us to cope with its complexity.

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Journalism

Fri, 27 Mar 2020 23:59:00 +0200

On March 27, around 5pm, a witness discovered an unsecured piece of chipboard lying in the streets. He immediately called the emergency services. A team arrived at the scene only seven minutes later. They were able to prevent the worst...

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Kitsch!

Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:16:13 +0200

Kitsch is best described as the feeling left behind when you eat so many sweets that you feel sick.

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White Gold

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 18:57:00 +0200

At times we rediscover the value of things.

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Déja Vu

Tue, 24 Mar 2020 23:59:00 +0200

When was the last time that you have seem something truly new?

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A rose is a rose is rotten

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 23:59:00 +0200

At which grade of decomposition does as rose stop to look beautiful? When does she stop to be a rose?

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Green and Blue

Sun, 22 Mar 2020 11:59:00 +0200

When the colder colour signals the warmer season to come.

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Playtime

Sat, 21 Mar 2020 03:59:00 +0200

Get inside, kids, playtime is over.

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Heritage

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:06:19 +0200

I stand by the idea that cultural inheritance is equally as strong, if not stronger, than the genetic one. Thank you, Oma and Opa. Miss you still!

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Korona

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:38:00 +0200

The orthography of a word has no direct connection to its semantic, but is arbitrary.

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Nostalgia

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 13:26:28 +0200

The everyday life of the past, through the filter of nostalgia, is all too often misunderstood as some kind of prolonged holiday.

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Abundance

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 03:21:00 +0200

We love what grows, be detest what withers.

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Too Early

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 03:14:00 +0200

The true art of nature is not timing, but repetition.

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Heels Over Head

Sun, 15 Mar 2020 23:38:13 +0200

Sometimes one has to turn the world upside down to see things for what they are.

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Giveaway

Sat, 14 Mar 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Fred's mood changed immediately to the better when he saw that someone was offering free boulders to passer-byes.

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Herds

Fri, 13 Mar 2020 23:59:00 +0200

In every group there are multiple communications happening at once. Have you ever tried to follow more than one of them simultaneously? If so, how do you dare to claim to understand the cause of anything?

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Off

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 04:04:04 +0200

Sometimes one hopes to turn around the life one lives or turn it off just for a day or two.

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Feeling Orange

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 02:38:47 +0200

'Feeling orange' should be established as a term for those feelings that come with new beginnings.

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Sale

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Harry wondered if the new shop might be a bit too avantgardistic for this neighbourhood.

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Cable

Mon, 09 Mar 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Cables are the chains that constrain our lives.

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The Other Guy

Sun, 08 Mar 2020 23:59:00 +0200

He found this photo of him hanging at a wall in his parent's house and wondered who the fuck this guy actually was and what he was like.

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Multidimensional

Sat, 07 Mar 2020 15:03:44 +0200

For a brief moment Thomas thought he understood the concept of five-dimensional space

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Best Camera

Fri, 06 Mar 2020 04:49:19 +0200

The best camera is the one you have with you in the right moment.

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Promise of Spring

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 04:28:20 +0200

The blinds lured him with the colour of Spring, but when he lifted them it was still Winter.

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Bridging

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 03:17:00 +0200

A paradox: neurons preserve the past by continuously changing.

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Beggar

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Rob suddenly fully understood just how hard times had become when for the first time he saw a drunken stuffed animal begging in the streets.

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Into Darkness

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 23:59:00 +0200

He wanted to walk off into the dark, but then the sun rose.

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Charon's Obol

Sun, 01 Mar 2020 03:24:00 +0200

When he woke up from this dream he went over to his desk, took two random coins from his wallet and placed them in a little bowl next to his bed. Then he searched through his files until he found his last will and made a little...

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Powerride

Sat, 29 Feb 2020 05:18:00 +0200

How to ridicule the ridiculous?

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Botched

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 05:14:00 +0200

Rüdiger thought that the fresco of Borja was maybe not the only piece of art that had suffered from a botched restoration attempt.

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Rich

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 23:23:03 +0200

If you live in abundance you become blind to it, eventually.

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Ovum

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:37:00 +0200

The perfect form is one that stemmed and grew with the function.

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All the same

Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:23:39 +0200

On how many tables in the world you will find a napkin, two bottles of water and a calendar right now?

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Ordinary

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:12:00 +0200

When Robert looked out of his window he understood that he lived in an ordinary prison.

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Pasta

Sun, 23 Feb 2020 17:33:29 +0200

There is a strange power in making things yourself.

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Porta

Sat, 22 Feb 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Robert found that it was a lot harder to open new doors if he already knew what he would find behind them.

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Flying objects

Fri, 21 Feb 2020 04:32:40 +0200

He stared at the ceiling until dawn broke and in the twilight he thought he saw a moon of Saturn flying by.

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Walk of Life

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 04:00:25 +0200

The daily ups and downs.

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Paranoia

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:55:00 +0200

Jennifer could not help the feeling that something was staring at her.

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Browned

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:45:00 +0200

My writing class teacher once told us that every writer should have a copy of a book by Dan Brown in her shelf. If one day she should doubt her own writing abilities she would just need to take it out, open a random page and real a...

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Beware Categories

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Categories; invented by the mind to make life easier by taking mental shortcuts, more often though leading to mistakes due to generalisation.

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Entropy

Sun, 16 Feb 2020 11:59:00 +0200

It is often said that entropy is an expression of the disorder, or randomness of a system, or of the lack of information about it.

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padding

Sat, 15 Feb 2020 11:59:00 +0200

Sometimes words are just padding.

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Sky

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:59:00 +0200

Just look up every now and then.

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Painting

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 23:59:00 +0200

He sat on the toilet and looked out of the window. The world looked like a painting and with like so many paintings he had no idea what the intention of the artist was.

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The Others and Him

Wed, 12 Feb 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Waiting in the car he was grateful for the rain and how it protected him from the others.

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Nervennahrung

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Nervennahrung f (colloq.), German, idiomatic, lit: nerve food or nerve nutrition; food consumed to comfort in situations of stress or discomfort; usually of the sweet type, like chocolate or ice cream. Sometimes savory like potato crisps....

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Bag of Smiles

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 23:59:00 +0200

For a split second he thought his bag was smiling at him.

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Dream On

Sun, 09 Feb 2020 19:55:18 +0200

She: I think I understand now why we like cats so much. He: Now why is that, then? She: They always look like they are having the sweetest of dreams.

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Out Of Sight

Sat, 08 Feb 2020 11:59:00 +0200

The further things are away from us, the harder it gets to see what they are. Yet we form opinions.

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Biscuits

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:59:00 +0200

Does the dark side have better biscuits or are biscuits with a dark side better biscuits?

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Workspace

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 23:59:00 +0200

When there is just no enough workspace in the workplace.

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Branch

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:59:00 +0200

On the way back from the graveyard Harold saw a branch that carried a young bud next to a rotting leaf from the previous year. This sight gave him comfort.

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Knopf

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 23:59:00 +0200

We too often forget about the things that are holding the world together.

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Distance

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 23:39:45 +0200

The distance between your fingers and the keyboard can be harder to overcome than the one from here to the moon.

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Tissue Issue

Sun, 02 Feb 2020 11:59:00 +0200

Like most people Reginald just wanted to become rich. When he was about to blow his nose he became rather angry that he hadn't invented something like the disposable tissue yet.

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Where in the World Is ...

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 23:59:00 +0200

He: Where have you been? She: Some corner of the world.

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Selfharm

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Nationalism stinks.

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Snuffed

Thu, 30 Jan 2020 19:03:32 +0200

When she slammed the door behind her, the turbulence snuffed out the candle.

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Frieden

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

You can translate peace into as many languages you like, but you will fail to explain it. This strive for something for which we have words, but cannot find the right words to describe, is a good proof that we all believe in something.

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Frozen Rain

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:31:34 +0200

Just when she thought 'will it ever stop raining?' it turned into snow.

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Little Secret

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:59:00 +0200

Sebastian kept the growth on the back of his hand a secret from his doctor, because he hoped that it might one day kill him.

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Tunnelblick

Sun, 26 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Tunnelblick is the inability to take notice of what is happening around you because you focus too much of what is lying ahead .

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Lucid Dream

Sat, 25 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Brian woke up from this lucid dream about a sunny day at the beach and the first thing he saw was a piece of driftwood on his pillow.

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Sisters

Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:59:00 +0200

Persephone had always been somewhat taller than her older sisters, but this time it became very apparent.

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New Life

Thu, 23 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

And on that day pineapple Pedro left his shelf in the supermarket behind and went out into the world.

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Sockssucknot

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

He: Do you think hand-knitted socks are uncool as a present? She: Definitely! If you are under 20 or over 60, that is. But at any time in between they are just the most wonderful present one can receive.

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Not quite the same

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 23:59:06 +0200

While sitting at his favourite spot Gerald thought that, unlike sex, sitting by the lake is better to be enjoyed alone.

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Papier ist geduldig

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0200

Papier ist geduldig , German, idiomatic, lit: paper is patient ; Meaning: Statements on paper can be arbitrary, random or wrong. 'Not everything written/printed on paper is true', 'anybody can write arbitrary statements on paper' or 'you...

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Download

Sun, 19 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

You can't download nature.

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Ritual

Sat, 18 Jan 2020 11:59:00 +0200

Before she left him, his, now former, girlfriend had spread one of his jumpers across the bed.

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Timetravel

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:59:00 +0200

She: I can timetravel. He: How? She: I imagine how things turn out and by that I look into the future. He: Well, you can only imagine one possible outcome, you cannot know if it will come true. She: Yes, but considering that all possible...

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Growth

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Behind his sofa Claudio discovered some wild growth that did not resemble anything he had seen before.

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I Scream

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 11:59:00 +0200

When the waiter brought him the ice cream he had ordered, Tom wondered if it had been returned at another table. It was just a hunch, but something seemed not to be quite right.

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Crossing

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Can you cross another path without interfering?

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Cheery Picking

Mon, 13 Jan 2020 17:28:39 +0200

When walking past the gate Simon saw a single cherry still hanging from the tree in his front garden. It obviously had missed its chance to drop from its branch and grow into a tree of its own. He became quite sad when he realized that he...

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Law of the Instrument

Sun, 12 Jan 2020 22:31:31 +0200

Martin got the feeling that he was over-prepared for the problem at hand.

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Homework

Sat, 11 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

When Stephen was given the homework to write an essay about the meaning of life he knew that he would be done rather quickly.

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Erica

Fri, 10 Jan 2020 18:45:40 +0200

On her Sunday walk Heather found a street that would be the perfect place for her new home.

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Sunwheel

Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Suddenly historian Roberta realized that for the last twelve years she had placed her hot pots and pans on an old Mexican artifact.

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Zodiac

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

When Ralph had turned out the light he noticed a new constellation on his desk, emitted by the stand-by lights. He named it 'the Elephant' and went to bed quite proud of himself.

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Beauty

Tue, 07 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

When they stood in front of a shopping window she pointed at a porcelain figurine and said 'Now that is beautiful!' and for him she immediately became a lot less beautiful.

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Violence

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Every nut you eat was taken by intrusion.

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Reflection

Sun, 05 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Every reflection breaks the subject.

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Orientation

Sat, 04 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

How are you supposed to tell top from bottom without an external reference?

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Gustatory Relativity

Fri, 03 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

Everything tastes different away from home.

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Ein Blatt

Thu, 02 Jan 2020 11:59:00 +0200

A leaf.

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Diff-Errant

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0200

And so for the new year he promised himself to do all things differently, just like everybody else.

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Finished

Tue, 31 Dec 2019 22:21:08 +0200

One book almost finished. The next one ready. Just what to fill the pages with?

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Hades

Mon, 30 Dec 2019 21:28:35 +0200

She: Which way to go? He: Does it really make a difference?

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Little Things

Sun, 29 Dec 2019 23:59:00 +0200

She: What are those things? He: I don't know. She: What do you need them for? He: I cannot remember.

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Going Back

Sat, 28 Dec 2019 16:06:59 +0200

In front of his neighbour's house parked a hearse. How do they say? The old man went home ? No, he thought, he has been home all along, but he went back to where he came from.

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En passant

Fri, 27 Dec 2019 23:06:29 +0200

Gregory's mood did not improve when he learned that not even the birds wanted to hear his story.

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Recognition

Thu, 26 Dec 2019 23:59:00 +0200

We tend to overestimate the recognition of our own lives. Take a step back and you probably won't understand what you are doing. If you do, though, you will struggle to find any excuses.

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A Light

Wed, 25 Dec 2019 23:59:00 +0200

One unifying element of all religions is the assignment of certain positive qualities to fire. Sit in a dark room for a few minutes and then light a candle and you will understand why.

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Feast

Tue, 24 Dec 2019 11:59:00 +0200

'tis the time of the year.

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Portal

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 19:19:43 +0200

Do the Elements have a face?

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Strokes

Sun, 22 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0200

And while she stood freezing at the bus stop she wondered when humans had given up growing a winter coat. And why.

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As Above And So On

Sat, 21 Dec 2019 23:59:00 +0200

We sleep in the same bed and yet have completely different dreams.

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Ex Oriente Stuff

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 01:17:00 +0200

We cling to a tradition from the East, even if most of us do not believe in large parts of its mythology anymore. And those who show the least believe in it are the ones who most eagerly try to defend this tradition against a newer...

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Out Of Rhythm

Thu, 19 Dec 2019 23:59:00 +0200

Oscar understood all of a sudden where his problems with the other people came from; his heart beat the other way around.

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Coins On My Eyes

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:59:00 +0200

For the living it is very easy to feign death, the other way around it is a lot harder.

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Borders

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 23:59:00 +0200

Humans are so frightful that they have to build borders all the time. This is mine and that is yours, or better: this is mine and I will not share it. Every century there seems to be a period where people overcome these primitive...

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Highlight

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:59:00 +0200

Robert had bought a highlighter that had been on offer. When he came home he realized that he had nothing to highlight. He decided to write down in his diary how cheap the highlighter had been and then used the highlighter on that line.

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See Through It

Sun, 15 Dec 2019 11:59:00 +0200

Rebecca decided that she would sell the horse right the next day when she realized that it not only had longer, but also thicker eye-lashes than herself.

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Lost and Found

Sat, 14 Dec 2019 23:59:00 +0200

When Simon cleared out his late aunt's attic he suddenly became aware that through all these years of grumpy misery and nasty habits she had been the keeper of the Holy Grail.

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Career

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 23:59:00 +0200

Today I met an angel in training. The wings were still provisionally, but clearly visible.

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Kanós

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 21:30:00 +0200

The German word for cock, 'Hahn', etymologically descends from the word for Singer. In that respect Boris Johnson might be a singer, too.

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Words

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 23:59:00 +0200

We receive whole sentences and yet we always only hear single words.

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Left/Right

Tue, 10 Dec 2019 23:59:00 +0200

Sometimes it helps to state the obvious.

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Friend

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 11:59:00 +0200

When Helen came home that night she understood that the sad little stuffed bear on the shelf was the only friend she had left in the world.

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Luna in a square

Sun, 08 Dec 2019 16:24:46 +0200

The distance between the moon and life is 400000 km.

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Change of scenery

Sat, 07 Dec 2019 23:59:00 +0200

On the 23rd September, 1987 John Myers from Portland, Oregon, decided that from that day on he would stare at another part of the wall in front of him.

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Blur

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 02:39:00 +0200

As a boy he had always dreamed of running off on a boat one day, as deckhand or steward. Today he knew that one can be of lesser importance without leaving one's home port.

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Valleys

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 23:59:00 +0200

After making her bed, she wondered how it really would be to walk the valleys of Mars.

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lambda_1_2_3

Wed, 04 Dec 2019 03:44:00 +0200

Let me tell you a story about a story in a story.

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Transcendence

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 23:59:00 +0200

All things are at once, no matter if we see them or not. Nothing lies to us as much as our attention, it randomly gives weight to information, removes it or ignores it. We claim to struggle with the idea that time might not be linear, and...

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Love is dead

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 23:59:00 +0200

On his way home he found a rose that someone seemingly had lost in the streets and he understood that he was not the only one for whom love had died that night.

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Rituals

Sun, 01 Dec 2019 17:08:10 +0200

At a few occasions every year it is socially acceptable to live out one's desire for the existence of a world next to the physical one. It is not only tolerated, but actually encouraged to try to summon various spirits. Magical thinking...

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Four

Sat, 30 Nov 2019 23:59:30 +0200

On his walks through the fields Robert had an epiphany. That everything moves in circles is not only an assumption or a conclusion, no, it is an observable fact.

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Self-Portrait

Fri, 29 Nov 2019 23:59:00 +0200

When Reuben tried to make a portrait of himself, he had to learn that one cannot get hold of the self, since its edges are blurry and the whole is rather fuzzily defined.

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Pasta!

Thu, 28 Nov 2019 23:59:00 +0200

When Jennifer found a maccherone in her box of tissues she was intrigued if that was the result of some weird mishap in the pasta factory or if someone was trying to send her a message. If that was the case what would be that message?

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Signature

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 11:59:00 +0200

The paint thief left his fingerprints in the most clumsy way possible.

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Eye of the Beast

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 23:59:00 +0200

She woke up with a start not quite recalling what she had been dreaming about, but her body felt feeverish, and then she saw it again, this eye that she had been running away from in that latest nightmare.

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Runes

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 23:59:00 +0200

Any symbol has as many meanings as it has observers. That is what she thought at first, but then she got frightened that it might be a curse of some kind after all. Just because she had never experienced magic did not mean that it does...

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Colour Photography

Sun, 24 Nov 2019 23:59:00 +0200

When Debora bought a new colour camera to replace her old black and white one, she had to learn that certain things stay as monochromatic as ever, no matter how new the technology.

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Head Over

Sat, 23 Nov 2019 23:59:00 +0200

He: I wonder; what are spiders doing in their spare time? She: Well, I guess they are hanging around somewhere.

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Prison

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:39:55 +0200

Every time Harold passes by he wonders what is being held back by those bars.

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Insight

Thu, 21 Nov 2019 23:59:00 +0200

She: That poor person living in there... He: It could be worse, the roof could be on fire.

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Vessels

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 23:59:00 +0200

Why do living things grow?

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Truth

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 11:59:00 +0200

On that day Alexander learned that -against common believe- seagulls do not fall for just every story you tell them.

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Horror

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 23:59:00 +0200

He: He looks like he is in great pain. She: Wouldn't you be, if you were in his shoes?

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Arachne

Sun, 17 Nov 2019 11:59:00 +0200

All of this because of a shepherd's daughter.

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Dirt

Sat, 16 Nov 2019 23:59:00 +0200

Mr Thomson found a small pot for home-growing tomatoes on his windowsill that he had left there six months ago. He was very disappointed that now even a weed would grow there.

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Aging

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 23:59:00 +0200

She: Do you think that trees are afraid of death as well? He: No, I think because they are dying a little every year they have a much better idea of what to expect. She: Maybe that is why they still look so dignified in autumn and winter....

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Grab

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 23:59:00 +0200

The word 'grab' means 'grave' in German.

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What is this about?

Wed, 13 Nov 2019 23:59:00 +0200

He: Sometimes one wonders what things are supposed to represent. She: Probably nothing. He: So you mean that certain things have no meaning? She: No, I mean that nothing has a meaning. We just tend to give it to some things.

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Mourning

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 23:59:00 +0200

That day he learned that in this part of the world people wore black as a sign of mourning. He had been dressed black for most of his life.

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narrow

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 23:59:01 +0200

With his hands in the pockets of his old coat he walked down the, now deserted, main street. All of a sudden he was reminded that the world can become very small and limited if one has only one source of light.

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Screw this!

Sun, 10 Nov 2019 02:39:43 +0200

Since his early childhood Robert considered it a good practice to keep all his loose screws in a box in the basement.

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Future

Sat, 09 Nov 2019 11:59:54 +0200

He had thought for hours about where to go until he realised that there is only one direction; into the future.

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Praise Nothing

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 23:59:00 +0200

She: What do you see? He: A glass half empty. Or half full, of course. She: I think the glass is full. Filled with 50% water and 50% nothing.

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Just Wrong

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 23:59:31 +0200

Our first associations are most of the time wrong.

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Breaking

Wed, 06 Nov 2019 23:59:32 +0200

That very moment he understood that the old shaman was right when he had told him that it is the birds that break the clouds.

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Someone

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 23:59:23 +0200

He held a hand in front of his face to protect the eyes from the sudden brightness. He was not sure if the other person was friend or foe, but anyone was welcome now. Anyone or anything was better than this everlasting darkness. 'Hello'...

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Inferno

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 00:17:48 +0200

His fingers were void of blood and it felt as if circulation had stopped altogether. The only sound he could hear was that of wet leaves under his shoes. A raven eyed him from a few meters away, sitting in the middle of the road. Robert...

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Vergissmeinicht

Sun, 03 Nov 2019 23:59:55 +0200

Forget-me-not.

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Youth

Sat, 02 Nov 2019 11:59:15 +0200

She looked into the mirror but that old face she saw was clearly not her own.

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Catster

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 23:59:16 +0200

And without words he made very clear to me that I was not ever to wake him up again.

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Death

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 19:02:12 +0200

He looked up while stuffing his pipe and when he laid eyes on the dead trees he wondered if smoking was really the best way of spending his remaining time.

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celebrate

Wed, 30 Oct 2019 11:59:03 +0200

Harold thought that if he cought enough breath to inflate that balloon he could have a party.

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Fright

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 18:32:26 +0200

Her fingers were as taut as a skinned chicken. And they had the same colour, too. When she cupped her hands to blow into them, the whiteness of her breath formed a stark contrast to the sky and now that she had stopped walking she could...

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circuit

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 23:59:24 +0200

The person in Searle's Chinese Room has learned to create its own translation tables and dictionaries and still we do not know what understanding a language actually means.

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Fixture

Sun, 27 Oct 2019 11:59:29 +0200

If we did not have the Earth to stand upon, we could not put the stars in relation.

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Wrong colours

Sat, 26 Oct 2019 23:59:03 +0200

Hold, hold the thought and enjoy every second before you realize that you fell for an illusion.

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Jesus

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 23:59:59 +0200

He: I am teryfied that one day I will see an Elvis on my toast. She: I am actually still quite surprised every time I don't see one.

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Idem

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 23:59:11 +0200

The same can be very different.

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Leftovers

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:59:00 +0200

Sometimes you find leftovers from things long gone and then you find yourself wondering what on Earth could make two men so happy holding a staff together.

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50

Tue, 22 Oct 2019 23:39:43 +0200

They say that you can choose your friends but not your family. So, thank you Mum, thank you Dad, for being the parents that I would have chosen.

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Five to Twelfe

Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:59:42 +0200

Fourteenpasttenisthenewfivetotwelve

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Label

Sun, 20 Oct 2019 23:59:10 +0200

I wonder: did people always believe in labels or were there times when they actually required proof for a claim?

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White Out

Sat, 19 Oct 2019 23:59:20 +0200

She: Sometimes we fail to see the beauty of things because there is too much noise. He: I guess you are right. She: Where are you going? He: To the toilet, to read some Rilke.

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Storm

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:12:44 +0200

Storm is just another form of movement.

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Cowrate

Thu, 17 Oct 2019 23:59:02 +0200

She: As a boy, did you want to be a cowboy or a pirate? He: Both!

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Shellshock

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:59:56 +0200

When Thomas had found an old souvenir he realized that he had skeletons in his closet after all. Even if it only were exoskeletons.

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Advertising

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:59:04 +0200

Bad advertisement is still better than no advertisement, right?

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None For The Road

Mon, 14 Oct 2019 20:47:18 +0200

Ricardo took great pride is his newest invention. One that would finally allow him to use his open convertible in the rain.

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Basket Case

Sun, 13 Oct 2019 23:59:57 +0200

When Christopher understood that he would not see much of the real sun in this part of the world, he decided to hang his own one in the garden. He was quite pleased with the result.

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Fremdeinwirkung

Sat, 12 Oct 2019 23:59:15 +0200

A poet is someone that can put thoughts into words that can be understood not only by himself, but by others as well. This is why there are so few poets.

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Signoise

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 23:59:35 +0200

I look at you and wonder what of what I see is what and what is signal and what is not.

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Der Pferd heißt Horst

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 06:03:34 +0200

And on that day Michael realised that horses had one clear disadvantage in a game of hide and seek.

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Caught it

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 23:59:39 +0200

He: I think I caught a cold. She: Where? He: It is right over there, can you see it?

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clarity

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:59:31 +0200

She: Sometimes I prefer to take off my glasses. He: Aren't you half-blind without them? She: Indeed, but when I see less details then there is more room for interpretation and hence less chance for conflict.

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Set, Sun, Set

Mon, 07 Oct 2019 23:59:40 +0200

As Gordon sat by the sea and watched the sun slowly freezing to death, he wondered if anyone could truthfully promise him that it would rise again the next day.

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Selbstbetrachtung

Sun, 06 Oct 2019 23:59:32 +0200

If we look at our bodies, do we really see ourselves, i.e. an extension of our consciousness, or just an object that we relate to?

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Usage

Sat, 05 Oct 2019 23:59:25 +0200

We bend, and cut, and break, to create a beauty, that is less than what we find. We want to summon the spirits and yet all we do is to banish.

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Silence

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 23:59:56 +0200

How long is a beam of light?

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nth dimension

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 23:59:10 +0200

She: When you hold the mirror in the right angle, you can see the object in 4 dimensions. He: Even if that was true, what would I gain from it? She: A tiny bit more of the truth.

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Executive

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:50:47 +0200

The year is 2019 and there are people in the executive of countries of the 'Western' world again that suggest the execution of political opponents.

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Slave Pen

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 23:59:46 +0200

So much to write with and so much to write about, yet the page stays empty, day after day.

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Rainblow

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 18:50:43 +0200

She: Look, a rainbow! He: So what?

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Robust

Sun, 29 Sep 2019 23:59:39 +0200

He: Makes you wonder what robust art is, doesn't it? She: No, not really.

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Yesteryear

Sat, 28 Sep 2019 19:50:23 +0200

The idea of yesteryear's hardship filled his heart with lightness.

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Lichtung

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:54:44 +0200

And when Robert had finally found a way out of the dark woods he realized that the day was almost over.

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Little Robot

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 23:59:23 +0200

When the little robot realised that it had developed consciousness it became very sad.

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Ich Kann

Wed, 25 Sep 2019 11:59:27 +0200

The breaking waves roll over me in the middle of this desert and while I try to close my ears with the fingers of my hands the sun comes out of hiding.

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Reminder

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 23:57:43 +0200

Harrison woke up to a gentle reminder that there is other life out there. Different from his own hermitical existance.

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Poother

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 23:59:53 +0200

Sometimes we find ourselves standing in the shit of others.

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Injuries

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 23:59:53 +0200

He: I've got this graze from running this afternoon. Seems like I really need new shoes. She: The advantage of physical injuries is that most of them you can wear with pride. He: You mean as opposed to other injuries? She: Yes, exactly. ...

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Symmetry

Sat, 21 Sep 2019 23:59:58 +0200

Symmetry is a feature that does not change under certain transformations. What is the greater error, when we fail to observe it or to perceive it in absence?

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Grumpy

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:59:01 +0200

Suddenly Joshua wondered if he had gone too far with his funny remarks about hairy legs.

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AnEye

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 11:59:09 +0200

When Peter looked into the drain he gained the errie feeling that something was watching him from the other side.

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Peel

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 11:59:30 +0200

Whenever you strip the wallpaper off the wall you remove a layer of memories. They might still be there but they will be triggered less frequently.

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Hidden Door

Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:59:24 +0200

After seven years and 22 days in her cell Mary all of sudden noticed that there was an open door in the hind wall.

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Timetravel

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 23:59:00 +0200

Looking in the past just let's us see the future that we will never have.

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Fragile

Sun, 15 Sep 2019 23:59:17 +0200

When Thomas found half an egg-shell, about the size of a small melon, in his dimly lit bathroom his first thought was that he'd hopefully find the other half before someone stepped into it.

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Sun

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 11:59:32 +0200

She: I think the Buddhists got it wrong as well. He: Why do you think that? She: Well for them orange represents the immortal soul. But I promise you in a couple of days you will see that this flower is very, very mortal.

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Organelles

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 23:59:49 +0200

Sometimes we wonder what the function of an object might be, and then we guess based on its form. Equally we question the form of certain objects, knowings their function. This search for causality is one of the many curses that comes...

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Children

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 11:59:38 +0200

On the day of her 50th birthday Helen suddenly realised that she had totally forgotten to have children.

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Repetition

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 20:12:36 +0200

If life is a river then you can either stand on its banks and watch it flow by or you can decide to swim in it. But then you are dependent on its current and you will never know in advance where it will carry you the following day.

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Götterdämmerung

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 20:07:54 +0200

The meaning of life is life.

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Palace

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 17:06:22 +0200

He: I wonder which poor person lives in that shed. She: I think if you live happily in that place you must be very, very rich.

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Sluggish

Sun, 08 Sep 2019 19:03:12 +0200

When Timothy had just started lamenting the cold he was reminded that he was not so bad off after all. He, as opposed to some others, at least had a warm jumper to wear.

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Con-struction

Sat, 07 Sep 2019 23:59:29 +0200

At first Gilbert was a bit confused to find an orphaned construction sign standing around for no obvious reason. Then he realized that it made total sense, considering how broken the world is.

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Sweet Girl

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 23:59:00 +0200

Sometimes objects become symbols. When these objects then are destroyed or damaged we experience grief, sometimes as bad as if a person had died. Those are the moments that should remind us mostly of one thing: not to give too much...

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Tinman

Thu, 05 Sep 2019 23:59:43 +0200

She: I think the story in the Wizard of Oz has been mistold. He: How so? She: I think in fact Dorothy was willing to give him her heart. I mean he was a woodman after all, so probably quite well built. He, being a man, of course did not...

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A Moon

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 11:59:23 +0200

Everything, but really everything is just what it is in contrast to something else.

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Contrast

Tue, 03 Sep 2019 20:52:06 +0200

She: It looks a bit like a grave. He: Trust me, there is something dead lying underneath.

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Slightly Annoyed

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 15:31:16 +0200

After a long and exhausting day at work Richard had to find out that even his domestic insects held a grudge against him. He decided to smile more often.

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Barriers

Sun, 01 Sep 2019 20:39:20 +0200

The here and now is easier to bear with when you do not know what is on the other side.

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Shrug

Sat, 31 Aug 2019 21:15:10 +0200

He: Now that is vulgar. I wonder what a visiting Buddhist would say to that. She: Nothing, I guess. Perhaps put on a half-smile.

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Shine

Fri, 30 Aug 2019 23:59:15 +0200

She: Fiat Lux! He: OK, but please turn it off before you leave.

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Novelty

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 20:02:02 +0200

Since they had moved in 17 years ago they had not once been up the attic. Today that was going to change.

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Trinity

Wed, 28 Aug 2019 23:59:31 +0200

Rupert was absolutely sure that there still had been five peanuts when he left the house. He would need to call pest control.

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Artic Spider

Tue, 27 Aug 2019 11:59:41 +0200

Rose was quite sure that something was wrong about finding a spider in her freezer.

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Hidden

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 21:08:56 +0200

Into the total silence broke the fear. Robert wished he could see. Anything at all.

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Ant of the Road

Sun, 25 Aug 2019 23:59:40 +0200

When Aaron was told that he just had to follow the ant trail he did not expect that it would be such a rocky road.

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Climber

Sat, 24 Aug 2019 21:29:38 +0200

He: It looks just like the one I removed from my bedroom a couple of hours ago. She: Well, it is clearly on its way back there. Next time save her the effort and leave her where she is, will you?

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Lifeform

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 20:55:16 +0200

All of sudden Harold found last night's discussion if life was brought to Earth by some kind of space-alien a lot less absurd.

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Stardust

Thu, 22 Aug 2019 11:59:44 +0200

Siv felt a mixture of discomfort and joy when she saw a supernova going off in her cup of Earl Grey.

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Beach

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0200

While they sat there and enjoyed the sunset together, Martin wondered why he had not come here every other day for the last four months.

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Dead

Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:13:31 +0200

When his neighbour's dead tree had fallen into his garden, Michael pondered for a second if he'd rather see the neighbour himself lying there in the grass. He quickly decided against it as in his opinion there were enough flies around...

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Shell

Mon, 19 Aug 2019 23:59:46 +0200

When Robert had come back from the beach he left the shell on his desk. Later he did not dare to turn it over because he feared there might be a crab living underneath.

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Wrap!

Sun, 18 Aug 2019 23:59:32 +0200

When Mildred received the usual parcel from her auntie she was quite displeased with the present itself, but bursting the bubble wrap bubbles kept her entertained for hours.

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Roof

Sat, 17 Aug 2019 20:58:11 +0200

For the last seven years Maurice had been staring at the little window on the other side of the road, sometimes for hours. Always in hope that a pair of eyes might show up behind it.

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Daisy

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 23:59:40 +0200

Margaret was lying in the grass and the wind made strands of her hair dance like stray flames of a bonfire. She spotted the most beautiful daisy imaginable and for one very brief moment she forgot that just a few hours ago her husband had...

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Blue Line

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 23:59:04 +0200

When Robert took off his cap, the one he had been wearing almost daily for the last four years, he realized that there was a thin blue line woven into the fabric.

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Intimacy

Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:20:07 +0200

If you seek intimacy, you can find It at any given time -for free- in the arms of Gaia.

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Wind-Oh!

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 20:20:25 +0200

When Rupert woke up one morning, he realized that his bedroom window wasn't real but merely painted on the raw plaster. He decided that the most appropriate thing to do was to reduce his rent.

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Brundle

Mon, 12 Aug 2019 20:55:48 +0200

She: Flies are a bit like most people I know. He: In which way? She: They mostly just care for all kinds of shit.

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Chased

Sun, 11 Aug 2019 20:18:21 +0200

A repeating episode in her dreams was how she was chased by this horrible hound-like creature, which had thousand and thousands of teeth but no throat. It would come to maul and shred her, but never to swallow what was left of her.

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Gotcha

Sat, 10 Aug 2019 22:19:55 +0200

Is life beautiful? If you've answered with yes: why?

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Aesthetics

Fri, 09 Aug 2019 23:59:20 +0200

And because all the other scientists really don't want to, the philosophers are still the only ones dealing with aesthetics.

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Reminder

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 18:11:20 +0200

He: These thorns are really annoying, every couple of metres one gets stuck. She: They are just doing their job; to remind you to walk slower and pay more attention to what is around you.

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Grassnohopper

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 23:59:49 +0200

When Robert came home from work late he found a dead grasshopper on his desk. He wondered if during his absence a terrible crime had been committed or if his neighbour wanted to send him a message.

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Corinthians

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 23:59:42 +0200

1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight...

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stage

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 23:59:19 +0200

She: What do you see there? He: The curtains of your bedroom window. She: I see the curtains of the stage that I have to act on every day.

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time out

Sun, 04 Aug 2019 23:59:18 +0200

She: I have a business idea! He: What is it? She: A travel agency for people who want to take a break from the world!

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Past

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 11:59:00 +0200

He stared at the old trawler and with it at a past that was not his own. He was surprised when he realised that one was as irrelevant to him as the other.

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Pathways

Fri, 02 Aug 2019 23:59:28 +0200

Our pathways are like the arms of a clock. Every second that we wait they will point to a different destination. Just when it is the right time to take them is not for us to know.

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Necessities

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:59:16 +0200

We have created a world that made us dependent on things that, at the bottom of our hearts, we do not want.

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Aether

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 23:59:26 +0200

Be still and breathe.

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Where!

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 19:27:54 +0200

The problem will dialectic is that our brain is not really built to accept two contradicting realities. No matter how hard we try, we will always only be able to accept one fact for one moment to then switch and accept the other one for...

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lifeline

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 20:32:49 +0200

How wonderful would it be if there were little trees growing in the valleys of my hand, split by tiny brooks and inhabited by microscopic animals.

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Red

Sun, 28 Jul 2019 11:59:28 +0200

And if you still have doubts that our language, any language, is insufficient then just have a look at how often very different things are labelled with the same adjective. Where is the precision in that?

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Thanatos

Sat, 27 Jul 2019 23:59:48 +0200

For those of us whose hearts weigh lightly, he wears his brother's mask; to let not fright be the last to feel . But if past his trick you see and still not fret, but welcome him instead, he might allow for one last time for you to to...

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Nightflyer

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 23:59:41 +0200

He: Ugh, a moth. She: A butterfly of the night! They are equally as beautiful as the other ones, just different.

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Lock

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 20:50:24 +0200

Can you lock yourself in, without locking the world out?

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Corvus

Wed, 24 Jul 2019 20:56:40 +0200

He: Do you know the story of the raven and the fox? She: I certainly do, yes. I just find it very implausible. All the ravens I know would have shat on that insolent furball.

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Bark

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 20:58:11 +0200

I walk past this tree almost every day and barely take notice. Yet isn't it a whole world in itself? With conflicts, struggle, wounds, life, death. And beauty.

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Ahead

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 17:56:03 +0200

She : Do you think that plant is suicidal? He : Nah, I think it is a trend-setter. In a couple of weeks all of the plants will be yellow.

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Castle

Sun, 21 Jul 2019 23:59:09 +0200

It lives so far from home, in a safer place now, everything it needs it finds here in abundance. Still it defends whatever it has. Ferociously.

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Fixed

Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:59:38 +0200

It will never be the same again.

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In Rerum Natura

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 20:11:08 +0200

Nothing in nature just is. Everything always comes with something else. A lot of things only exist through the contrast they build with others. We should learn from that.

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Cuprum

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 23:59:28 +0200

Here is the brother of Gold, having Silver as sister, deemed to be the envoy of Venus, yet wearing the garbs of Mars, molded in the shape of Beauty to deliver a message of Love.

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Universal

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 21:56:48 +0200

He: What do you think it is? She: A part of the Milky Way, albeit a rather small one.

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Whispers

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 11:59:52 +0200

He: No, of course I don't believe in spirits. She: Well, then walk through a field of corn at night and listen to the voices in the wind. After you have done that, repeat what you have just said.

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Cosm

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 23:59:17 +0200

She: I can predict the future, it seems. He: How so? She: I can see the road on which we shall walk in this water drop.

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Giants

Sun, 14 Jul 2019 22:19:47 +0200

Violence is not a matter of size, strength or power.

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Barriers

Sat, 13 Jul 2019 23:59:59 +0200

He: Whenever I see these fences I think how sad it is that there are so many barriers in the landscape. She: Really? My first thought is always how to get past them.

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Gang

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 23:59:48 +0200

When I had, accidently, interrupted their yoga-class the girls made unmistakably clear that I was not welcome.

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Attention

Thu, 11 Jul 2019 23:59:44 +0200

Wherever we go, there is always something above us and something below us. Yet we only pay attention to these things when there is an obvious entrance; a door, a ladder, a lift. Maybe just looking straight ahead is not enough.

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Artifact

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 23:59:45 +0200

When life bears no fruits you can always harvest your own artifacts.

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Diary

Tue, 09 Jul 2019 23:59:26 +0200

One day you will look in your diary and you will not remember if really nothing had happened that day or if you were just incapable of finding the right words to describe what happened to you.

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texture

Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:59:21 +0200

For some objects it is not sufficient to look at them with our eyes, we need to explore them with our hands to really see them. The same is true for people.

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Demeter

Sun, 07 Jul 2019 21:14:30 +0200

When sadness reigns and days are bleak then go outside to rest for a while in our mother's arms. She will tell you a story of growth, rebirth and new beginnings. The way that mothers do.

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Forget Me Not

Sat, 06 Jul 2019 23:59:49 +0200

When she found her grandmother's old casket she wondered who had shed the tears on its lid.

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Seed

Fri, 05 Jul 2019 22:40:46 +0200

She woke up in the middle of the night. Not with a start, more like a gliding from one world into the other. She rubbed her eyes and noticed that light was piercing through the curtains. She set her feet on the floor. The boards were...

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Spot

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 23:59:32 +0200

d a r k n e s s

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memories

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 23:59:57 +0200

We try so hard to keep our thoughts, we'd love to see them around for all eternity. Yet we fail to conserve them. Our technology and its artifacts wither faster than our natural stores and here as there our symbols are too weak to...

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Pfifferling

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 11:59:15 +0200

Pfifferling n , keinen ~ wert sein (colloq.), German, idiomatic, lit: (it is) not worth a chanterelle ; Of very little or no value

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Wind

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 22:38:53 +0200

The wind carries the seed, and our voice. Unless it pauses halfway. Then nothing can grow where it should and what could have been learned is lying dead wasted or to be found for whom it was not intended. This is where new things emerge...

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Field of Hope

Sun, 30 Jun 2019 23:59:15 +0200

The sun had almost set and I was tired of the city and its obstrusive grey. My feet were aching as they had carried me a fair way. When I discovered this little field in the middle of the road I asked myself if I maybe should take off...

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The Don

Sat, 29 Jun 2019 23:59:31 +0200

He: The opponent that can have the best of me still needs to be born! She: Hmmm, maybe, but how about that big one over there?

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Friends

Fri, 28 Jun 2019 23:59:32 +0200

Sometimes objects carry you wider and more reliably than some of your friends.

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Things That matter

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 23:59:37 +0200

She: How are you getting on with that list? He: I am making good progress, I think.

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Bread

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 23:59:03 +0200

Today I've had bread on my plate. So I have no reason to complain about anything.

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Duck, Duck, ...

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 19:40:15 +0200

Contrary to common belief a good game of 'Duck, Duck, Goose' is actually quite common and popular among geese. As everybody is 'it' and is 'it' not at the same time, all participants can just go on doing whatever they like without being...

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Fourty

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:43:39 +0200

We reach points in life where a bad situation from the past would be an improvement compared to the present.

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On the Nature of Hope

Sun, 23 Jun 2019 22:57:31 +0200

Hope is a currency, its value a perceived promise. This perception is fundamentally independent of the existance of an actual sender; of someone who will or will not eventually commit to the fulfilment of this promise. Otherwise religions...

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Schmetterling

Sat, 22 Jun 2019 23:59:36 +0200

He: Some animals have it easy. She: Why is that? He: Well, for some of them their only job is to suck all day. The more they suck, the better they are.

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Drowning

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 23:59:15 +0200

Slowly she drank what was left in the green bottle. The last couple of minutes she had spent peeling its label off while pondering if one day he would start to suffocate her like all the others did before him. And when she looked up to...

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Good Measure

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 23:59:05 +0200

She: They always say one can't measure happiness, but that is just not true, I just did it. He: Err, ok, and what is your result? She: It is just under four centimetres.

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Atlas

Wed, 19 Jun 2019 01:03:50 +0200

Do not forget that once you are three one of you might become invisible.

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Priming

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 22:56:48 +0200

When you have just finished reading 'Die Verwandlung' and the next thing you see is a bug the size of €2 coint, then that moment is maybe not kafka-esque, but uncanny regardless.

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Luna

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:59:23 +0200

And while I sat there by the window, feeling very alone, like we sometimes do, I looked up in the sky where I found an old friend. And for the briefest of moments it looked as if she came flying towards me.

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Hivemind

Sun, 16 Jun 2019 23:59:00 +0200

Society is loneliness by other means.

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Burden

Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:59:27 +0200

Words don't come easy. Sometimes. Most of the time.

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restart

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:59:34 +0200

She: I have just finished ‘The Remains of the Day’. He: Did you like it? She: Yes, now I want to start all over again.

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Primal

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 23:59:15 +0200

Sometimes if you are alone in nature and close your eyes for a while to then open them again you can feel and understand how our ancestors must have felt. There is fear in those moments, panic almost, but also a feeling of deliverance.

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Schmuck

Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:59:06 +0200

We dig up the rarerst and most precious elements just to turn them into meaningless little trinkets and tokens of no further value just so that we can mollify our boredom for the briefest of moments. We have a problem.

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Interpretation

Tue, 11 Jun 2019 03:29:47 +0200

She: Can I touch it? He: If you can catch it, sure.

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Tatoes

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 20:56:56 +0200

This would have been a small fortune in the past, nowadays it is just the basis for unhealthy meals.

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Things

Sun, 09 Jun 2019 23:59:37 +0200

Over time, all particles distribute themselves evenly in space. And while there is an inherent order, based on various forces, we lack the ability to see that order. Even worse; we try to contain things. Maybe we should just stop to...

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Äpfel

Sat, 08 Jun 2019 23:59:33 +0200

T h ree sweet and sour Apples. Red, gold and green. Moist inside and crispy outside. I could press out their juice, but then to waste would go their delicious flesh. I have them whole instead, I think.

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Huntress

Fri, 07 Jun 2019 22:19:37 +0200

She: I wonder if predators feel shame for extending their lives by ending those of others. He: A hunter that felt shame would die, I guess. She: What a horrible decision to make.

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Feathers

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 23:20:44 +0200

She: Look, this duck is all alone in his pond. He: Yeah, he is a grumpy old bastard and got a drinking problem. She: You just made that up. He: Well, it is either that or he is shy. She: I think in reality he is just here to draw the...

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Orphans

Wed, 05 Jun 2019 23:59:52 +0200

Most people struggle with throwing away things that are perfectly in order. Is a sock that has no matching counterpart still fit for purpose? Would it be wasteful to put them in the bin even if they are free from holes and runners?

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Dragon, Fly!

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 23:49:35 +0200

The illusion of beauty lasts never longer than the blink of an eye. So, be grateful for every moment that you are allowed to see.

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point the pin

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 11:59:18 +0200

Even the smallest item in our carpentered world is built upon 100,000 years of cultural evolution.

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A different Worldview

Sun, 02 Jun 2019 19:13:52 +0200

He: If you were a bird, what would you do first? She: Fly on my back.

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Shields up!

Sat, 01 Jun 2019 23:59:54 +0200

He: Look an immigrant! She: You mean the tortoise is not from around here? He: Yes, they are not native here. I hope it doesn't feel too lonely. She: Well, it is for the other animals to make it feel welcome.

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Comfy

Fri, 31 May 2019 23:59:22 +0200

She: Should we have a seat? He: Nah, it looks like they are running away. Who knows where we might end up...

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Just find a door

Thu, 30 May 2019 23:46:25 +0200

In my mind I develop all these wonderful solutions and then I spend my days waiting for the matching problems to arise.

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A Walk

Wed, 29 May 2019 23:46:16 +0200

Sometimes the sights of a walk at dusk, the fragrant air that comes with a summer night can be so enchanting that arriving at home feels like the exact opposite.

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Carpentered World

Tue, 28 May 2019 22:18:57 +0200

He: Where is the horizon? She: I don't know and I don't care. Isn't it sufficient to know that it is there, regardless?

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Message

Mon, 27 May 2019 23:59:50 +0200

Uncomication We shoot empty shells at each other, manifold in shape, saying but three things: heed my call love me go away

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Microcosm

Sun, 26 May 2019 23:59:28 +0200

Arsch der Welt m , am (colloq., idiomatic), German, lit: at the world's ass ; In the middle of nowhere.

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Crow

Sat, 25 May 2019 23:47:43 +0200

Its voice you hear, against the wind, its songs you fear and its feather's tint. Mistaken are you to not catch its grace in guiding lost souls to their rightful place.

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Kunst

Fri, 24 May 2019 03:15:40 +0200

He: Staring at art does not enable you to create it yourself, you know? She: No, probably not. Yet, like any dialog it evokes something in you and that might lead to anything, even art.

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Buildings

Thu, 23 May 2019 20:34:42 +0200

There are buildings, places that are necessary, defining even, for our society and yet, we just do not like to be there.

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Metrics

Wed, 22 May 2019 01:51:40 +0200

She: Sometimes I don't really know who I am. He: On such days I look at my metrics, they give me an idea. She: Your metrics tell you how much you are, not what you are, silly!

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Choices

Tue, 21 May 2019 23:59:15 +0200

From the choir of choices, mute those out of tune and remove the loudest voices.

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End of the World

Mon, 20 May 2019 11:59:12 +0200

People that live by the sea are prepared for eternity.

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Climber

Sun, 19 May 2019 23:56:50 +0200

She: Do you think she is sad? He: No, that is sweat. Have you ever tried climbing up a window without any tools?

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Dawn

Sat, 18 May 2019 11:59:58 +0200

Sometime the first light is the last thing of a day.

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Homecoming

Fri, 17 May 2019 23:59:37 +0200

He: You came home late last night. She: I did, indeed. But you know what? That way I met a neighbor that is hardly ever around at daytime.

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Harvest

Thu, 16 May 2019 23:59:34 +0200

Each grain a step, each stalk another, its spike the prep for morrow's mother. Their hands they hold through season's tide since days of old in steady stride.

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Pawn

Wed, 15 May 2019 11:59:55 +0200

I had waited for almost an hour when he eventually stepped through the aluminum frame of the entrance. The waitress took no notice of him. I guess it was his most prominent feature to be free of any mentionable features. He probably could...

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It has a face

Tue, 14 May 2019 11:59:29 +0200

And so, after many years, the long and arduous journey of our hero had come to an end. He had finally reached his heart's desire; the fountain of youth. It was a triumph in solitude, since all the members of his expedition had...

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Redux

Mon, 13 May 2019 23:53:38 +0200

Any motivation is fueled by our basic emotions. What is the emotion behind discrimination?

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Roof

Sun, 12 May 2019 23:59:00 +0200

And is it not so that it is mostly the specifics that cause us grief? The specifics, the details, the differences, the deviations from the commonalities. How can you feel sorrows and fear when you look up to the roof of the house that you...

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Not Maverick

Sat, 11 May 2019 23:54:23 +0200

Gans f (colloq., mildly derogatory), German, idiomatic, lit: goose ; 1. inexperienced, young female person 2. also: dumme ~ (colloq., derogatory): stupid goose

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Eyecontact

Fri, 10 May 2019 23:59:39 +0200

Like prisons, zoos have inmates that stay voluntarily. Their reasons differ, but not by much.

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Concept

Thu, 09 May 2019 23:59:47 +0200

What is palpable and corporal we deem existent automatically. Not so our ideas. But do they not claim equally as much bandwith of our attention, consume just as many, if not more, of our thoughts? Do sentiments not cause actions in the...

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Glockenspiel

Wed, 08 May 2019 11:59:15 +0200

He: Can you hear them? She: Only in my imagination.

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Hermes, etc.

Tue, 07 May 2019 21:56:19 +0200

Quod est inferius est sicut quod est superius. Et quod est superius est sicut quod est inferius, ad perpetranda miracula rei unius.

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Leather

Mon, 06 May 2019 23:59:36 +0200

Her: I think it is correct to distinguish between humans and animals. She: Have you had a look at your skin lately?

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Symbols

Sun, 05 May 2019 23:59:00 +0200

Primitives allow us to recognize shapes allow us to recognize patterns allow us to recognize symbols. Just what are they? Most symbols represent nothing out of context. Where is the source, the root, the point where the priming chain...

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Illusion

Sat, 04 May 2019 23:59:07 +0200

Wikipedia says: Perception is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information, or the environment.

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Egged

Fri, 03 May 2019 23:59:58 +0200

She: So, the egg has a perfect shape for its purpose. He: We shall see about that in about 4ms.

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Schimmelnde Katz'

Thu, 02 May 2019 23:59:20 +0200

schimmeln (verb, colloq.), German, idiomatic, lit: to mould ; to relax in the most extreme fashion, often to a point where bystanders feel the need to check the individual's vital signs.

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Pan

Wed, 01 May 2019 18:09:18 +0200

There he sat by the pond, his play as masterful as ever, just no nymph would answer his call.

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Roll 'em!

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 21:23:21 +0200

He: With enough variables and computational power we could predict the result. Actually, we could predict any result. She: Now that would be boring.

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Whirkohl

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 23:59:38 +0200

After he had successfully finished his studies in xenobiology Thomas was quite surprised when the first contact was made by means of the twelve year old Miele in his basement.

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Bright Side, etc.

Sun, 28 Apr 2019 21:17:02 +0200

Much to the surprise of the paying guests, Edward could not be talked out of starting one last conga.

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Closest Distance

Sat, 27 Apr 2019 19:27:10 +0200

And if you don't know where your path is leading you, then watch out for milestones. Each of them being a gentle reminder that you got somewhere.

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Shoe Gaze

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 22:55:24 +0200

You can taste the salt in her sweat from across the table. A strong scent. Not necessarily unpleasant. The humidity renders the vein on her forehead more prominent; a reminder of a past that has become a lie. She looks straight at you,...

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Vines

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 23:59:33 +0200

Their roots deep in the flesh of their hosts, taking what's not theirs, killing what keeps them alive.

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אמת

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 23:59:15 +0200

She: Your Golems won't work. The right one is stuck to the floor and will never walk. He: Yeah, and the left one falls over if left unsupported. She: They are really fucked then. How cruel to create them like that. He: Well, I didn't do...

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Golden

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 22:57:02 +0200

And so Helios covers Gaia with his golden coat, for her to stay warm even as she turns away. I ask you: what is the bearer of beauty without the observer to honour it?

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Apophenia

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 19:35:18 +0200

The greatest human fallacy is to seek, find patterns where there are none.

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Gateway

Sun, 21 Apr 2019 23:59:22 +0200

We have this tendency to look with nostalgia and romanticism at what used to be part of the daily struggle of past generations.

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Fixation

Sat, 20 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0200

if in two worlds you live changing location based on company and mood then make sure that you have a connection to one if you drift too far into the other

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Eli, Eli!

Fri, 19 Apr 2019 15:54:25 +0200

About the ninth hour.

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Colour

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 22:02:35 +0200

Sometimes the concreteness of sensations makes perceived reality appear more artificial than our own attempts to recreate it. It is these meta-perceptions that can help us to understand our relationship with the physical universe, not by...

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Eidolon

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 23:59:46 +0200

And that night I took whatever strength I had left in me and tried to go down into the basement. When I reached the bottom of the stairs I was greeted by the old guard dog. His faces were frightening but nothing like what I had expected. ...

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Stuffed

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 20:54:37 +0200

She: Oh, look. I wonder if a child lost that. He: No, it was actually put there by an elderly gentlemen who found it in the trash and who was quite upset about the naked stump there. She: So it was put there by a child after all, a...

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Shard

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 23:02:44 +0200

Sometimes beautiful things break without reason. There is nothing to be learned in such moments other than to appreciate beauty while it lasts. As nothing will be left behind, but sadness, when they are gone.

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Frenemies

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 23:32:25 +0200

She: Looks strangely American. He: Well, this whole quarter used to be all-American, US-American I mean. This place is the last remainder of that. She: Yes, that is what I've meant, it looks US-American. He: It was built before I was...

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Books That need to be Written #1

Sat, 13 Apr 2019 20:28:39 +0200

One day, when the storm has settled and everybody has calmed down I will write this book. I sincerely hope that Europeans by then will still live in peace and free of fascism.

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Shades

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 23:59:01 +0200

He: I would need those knobs in my life. She: But you have them already, you just don't use them.

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Work!

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:25:39 +0200

Sometimes I put on the attire of real working people; gardeners, plumbers, brick-layers, bakers, fishermen. It makes me feel strangely powerful. Just I know that it is no different from a child wearing a Superman costume: the correct look...

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Hunter

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 23:59:08 +0200

She: I can't believe that you are scared of this little spider. He: It is not a little spider and I swear it just growled at me when I came with the glass to catch it!

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Ceiling

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 23:59:07 +0200

She: Look, they have the sky for a ceiling! He: Yes, and the people underneath seem to live in deep space.

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Commonality

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 23:59:03 +0200

He: I love bees! She: Well, you've got a few things in common with them. He: You mean my sense of community and my assiduity? She: Hum, maybe, but I was mostly thinking of the hairy back.

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Bumble

Sun, 07 Apr 2019 22:27:40 +0200

If I have to be, I'd like to be a bumblebee.

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Nowhere

Sat, 06 Apr 2019 23:59:16 +0200

Once you have come to the conclusion that there is no goal, no target, no aim in life, and once you have understood the futility of your actions, indeed, the futility of any action, then you have to make a decision if you want to move on....

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Hellgate

Fri, 05 Apr 2019 23:59:57 +0200

He stared at the flickering reflection on the wall, projected by a street light that was suffering from the same defect as his life: One second it was full on; too bright almost, the next it was off, leaving everything in darkness.

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Growth

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 22:13:53 +0200

Harriet wondered if no-one was opening the door for her because the inhabitants of the old villa had been entangled by roots and vines themselves.

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Saturn

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 23:59:38 +0200

He: You missed a spot there. She: On purpose, my dear! Pottery is only genuine when it is genuinely uneven.

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Booklet

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 23:59:08 +0200

Officer: So, what do you see here? Him: A little booklet, with some of my personal details. Officer: That does not sound very respectful. Him: Oh, do not get me wrong. I am glad to have one of those. Officer: So you do feel pride? Him:...

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Track

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 23:59:49 +0200

Girlfriend gone, job gone, money gone. Frederic felt empty and exhausted. Life though, in all its generosity, offered him an opportunity to start smoking again. Completely for free.

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Seeds

Sun, 31 Mar 2019 23:59:37 +0200

The young reed, an old friend.

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Turbulence

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 23:59:23 +0200

The catastrophe could have been prevented if only someone had dared to tell Rupert that he is the source of those devastating frogwaves.

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Princess

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 17:45:17 +0200

She: Not very passionate, are they? He: What do you expect, for them to make out first? She: Duh! Obviously not, because at least one of them would be a prince by now.

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Banane

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 23:59:06 +0200

Banane f , total (colloq.), German, idiomatic, lit: totally banana ; 1. to be of lesser importance, irrelevant 2. ist mir ~ : an expression of not being involved, emotionally or otherwise

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Friends

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 23:03:03 +0200

Even if the woods are dark and frightening each single tree is still your friend.

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Kitsch

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 20:01:37 +0200

He: Wow, that is cheesy. She: It is, isn't it? I love it!

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Fiat Lux

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:59:03 +0200

Genesis I (3,4): And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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Empty

Sun, 24 Mar 2019 23:59:22 +0200

She: Hum, so many footsteps and still the beach is empty. He: As am I when I come here. She: Before you come here or after you leave? He: Sometimes one, sometimes the other.

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Gluttony

Sat, 23 Mar 2019 11:59:56 +0200

As power is fleeting, those who have it always sought ways to crystallise it. Refined sugar, like money, has been an instrument of those who live in immoderation. It overwhelms our body with an unhealthy mass to energy ratio and that at...

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Home ≠ Castle

Fri, 22 Mar 2019 18:29:23 +0200

He: Shall we knock? She: NO! What if she is asleep? He: OK, OK. I would not have known where the door is anyway. How do you know that she is a girl, by the way? She: Because she is a boy and a girl, both at the same time and I find her...

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Nail

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 23:59:36 +0200

Memories like wounds, sore, never healing, breaking open, time and again.

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Brush Your Teeth!

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:59:58 +0200

I was wondering if I should plug the drain. The foam had been in her mouth just a few minutes ago. I wasn't sure if I wanted to keep it for later. The doctor was throwing instructions at the paramedic. I didn't understand him. Not him,...

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Harmony

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:59:28 +0200

She: How was your class about 'harmony'? He: It was nice! See, we talked a lot about Fibonacci... She: Hmmm, looks chaotic to me, not harmonious. He: If you see chaos anywhere then you just have not found the pattern yet.

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Hooker

Mon, 18 Mar 2019 23:59:57 +0200

The hook Stuck in my throat, piercing my flesh. Keeping me, from breathing and where I am. I was pulled out of my misery with it, just to find myself In a place yet more miserable. My desires hang from it swinging, performing a...

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No 'Cardi Today

Sun, 17 Mar 2019 23:59:25 +0200

He: If I drink my hot milk from a long-drink glass, is that dialectic? She: No, pragmatic. All the other glasses are in the dish-washer I suppose.

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Home

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 23:59:39 +0200

She: Are you planning to move in? He: Err, what makes you think so? She: You've laid your hat on my bed.

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Finger

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 23:59:47 +0200

Wikipedia says about attention: Attention is the behavioral and cognitive process of selectively concentrating on a discrete aspect of information, whether deemed subjective or objective, while ignoring other perceivable information.

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Can you sense?

Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:25:46 +0200

She: Hey, I bought us a couple of these at the cornerstore, they were reduced. He: Good thinking, it's always good to have some extra in the house in case you run out of it.

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Self-I

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 11:59:43 +0200

We do not see ourselves when we smile or when we frown or for what we are. But we hear ourselves when we talk or when we cuss or say how we want to be seen.

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Omnipresence

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:59:00 +0200

He: So you think that God is omnipresent? She: Yes, I think she is. Look even there on the wall!

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Perspective

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:59:41 +0200

He: I am not too well today. Kind of sad. She: And if you compare yourself to the person in the back of that ambulance there, how do you feel then? He: I should feel better, I guess. Just suffering is relative, is it not?

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Totem #1

Sun, 10 Mar 2019 18:02:12 +0200

What is the longing of the living for the dead compared to the longing of the dead for life?

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Pile

Sat, 09 Mar 2019 11:59:14 +0200

She: You should finish some of these books. He: Why? She: Otherwise the vortex might become big enough to suck you in!

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Fragrance

Fri, 08 Mar 2019 11:59:06 +0200

She: Is that new? I haven't seen it before. He: I've had it for a while. In a way it is my favourite cologne. She: In an way? So, do you like its fragrance or not? He: It is not the best I have ever smelled. But it is a present from one of...

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Chestnut

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 19:24:46 +0200

She: I really wonder how these chestnuts manage to dig themselves in before Spring. He: Why would they need to dig themselves in? She: I don't know why plantseeds need to be underground before they can grow, but I guess is is for similar...

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Grave Situation

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 23:26:11 +0200

And suddenly you realise that not even in death we are equal.

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Primitive

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 11:59:00 +0200

He: What is it? She: Half a square. HE: I'd say an arrow pointing South-East. How do you think it came to be? She: By cultural interpretation.

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Exits

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 23:31:34 +0200

She: Isn't it strange that if this bus had an accident you would be forced to break even more of its structure to get out of it? He: Isn't liberation always an act of violence? She: Hmm, certainly it requires some kind of force, but is...

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Green & Blue

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 19:18:36 +0200

She: Do you think the cat gets the Sunday blues as well? It looks sad. He: Hmm, technically sadness is the result of an unsatisfied need or desire. So, if we don't feed it for the next couple of hours, it should get the blues, I suppose....

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Something's cooking

Sat, 02 Mar 2019 11:59:38 +0200

EmotiLabs are proud to announce their latest product: Tantrumax TM - Preboiled Blood. Let us do the being angry for you, while you relax.

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Endoplasmatic Reticulum

Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:59:26 +0200

He: It is now official, I am getting old. She: There, there. Now why is that? He: The things that I once knew but can't remember scare me more than the things that I never knew.

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Tip of the Trip

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 11:59:25 +0200

Sometimes road's darkness at night shines brighter than sol's light.

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Spring

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:59:27 +0200

He: Look there, an alien! She: It is not an alien, it is a familiar. It just arrived a bit too early.

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Prowler

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:56:22 +0200

She: I am so happy. Back at the bakers there was an old lady who smiled at me. For no particular reason. And what a beautiful smile she had. I could have hugged her. He: What a creepy story... She: So you don't like it when people smile at...

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The simple matter of matter

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:59:45 +0200

There she was again, leaning against a tree. I was sure, she had been observing me. The invisible woman had become careless. Her fondness for heeled shoes and cheap cigarettes gave her away.

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Portrait

Sun, 24 Feb 2019 11:59:51 +0200

She: Do you think that duck over there might be shy? He: No idea, why are you asking me? She: You relate better to shy people than me.

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Builder

Sat, 23 Feb 2019 11:59:32 +0200

He: What are you doing there? She: Nothing important. Just creating a universe.

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Workplace

Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:59:44 +0200

She: Would you mind if someone could watch you while you are working at any given time? He: Of course I would mind. I would actually have to work for the whole time that I am being paid for. Horrible idea.

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Just leave it.

Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:01:34 +0200

She: I thought you had given up! Why are there a cigarette and a lighter next to your headphones? He: So that I won't forget to leave them behind when I leave the house.

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Value

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:59:33 +0200

She held out her little right hand and presented me the two coins that she had just picked up from my desk. 'Can I keep them?' she asked. 'I will give you one of them, if you like. But you have to choose carefully. They have different...

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Club

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 23:59:38 +0200

The high blue tide of the police car's flashing lights rolled over the molten neon lava of the night club behind me. I almost expected a sizzle or a hiss. People were still pouring out; flustered jabbering, wild guesses, many questions....

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Dialectic

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 23:59:39 +0200

He : Do you want to keep that? She : No. He : So, I can throw it away then? She : No, I don't want that either.

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Fire

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 23:59:33 +0200

He : Do you want to go and see the sunset? She : No, but I would like to go and feel it.

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Recycling

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 23:59:55 +0200

She : You should really buy a new one. He : No, just a bit of duct tape and this one will last another century. She : Do you ever throw anything away? He : Only things that really matter to me.

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Aristophanes

Fri, 15 Feb 2019 23:59:39 +0200

She : Aristophanes or Platon? He : Isn't that the same? She : So Aristophanes and Platon? He : Are you suggesting that you are my ... ? She : Answer my question!

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Dacks

Thu, 14 Feb 2019 23:50:01 +0200

Sametimes averythink est ay tyne-e bid uff. Un geese daze un Berta says add home. Udderwise the reeble thinks mate appen.

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A friend

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 22:50:15 +0200

She : I wish I had what it takes to live in the woods. He : What are you missing? She : Courage.

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Ninja

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 23:59:31 +0200

He : I wonder who put that rock up there. She : Who told you that someone put it there. Maybe it went there by itself. He : Have you ever seen a rock moving by itself? She : No, but that does not mean that they don't do it. Maybe they...

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Kofferspiele

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 11:59:40 +0200

If you look at what you need to run away, you might be surprised how little that is. For me I think a second pair of underwear, some warm socks and a t-shirt are essential. If you wash them every day, you can go a long way. Further: a...

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Film

Sun, 10 Feb 2019 23:59:27 +0200

Since my teenage years I have always sought situations in which I can be by myself in company. Reading a book in a café for example or going to the cinema on my own. You can hear the other people breathe and talk and by that feed your...

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Gone

Sat, 09 Feb 2019 11:59:29 +0200

When someone leaves, they not only change location or status, they also leave behind. They leave you behind, and some of their things, and their smell in the linen and they leave you with their bloody memories. If only people took...

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Fake

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 23:40:40 +0200

He : I wonder why someone tried to burn this fake flower. She : Maybe someone was strongly opposed to artificial beauty. He : You mean it would be OK to set that young women over there on fire? Do you see her, the one at the bar? She is...

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distortion

Thu, 07 Feb 2019 23:59:45 +0200

There are so many people saying so many meaningful things while we walk past them and all we can see and hear is noise and distortion. Would we collectively be smart enough to change the world if for one moment we were able to listen to...

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slo-mo

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 23:59:30 +0200

And when I see, what makes me fret, I feign to be among the dead. When then I learn that lie I can't, to run I turn, to stay unharmed.

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Details

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 23:59:57 +0200

One of the most disturbing things about life is that everything, but really everything, has more details than first meet the eye. If we direct our attention towards those details nothing is like it seems. Everything we see, feel, hear, and...

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Sunshine

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 23:59:58 +0200

Wenn mitten in der Nacht die Sonne auf mich lacht... When the sun smiles upon me in the middle of the night..

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Bikelane to Heaven

Sun, 03 Feb 2019 19:26:17 +0200

She : Do you believe in a, or the, heaven? He : Well, while I cannot prove it, I am relatively sure that such a place exists. She : And why is that? He : Well, there clearly is a hell and if that part of the story is true, then the...

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Grey

Sat, 02 Feb 2019 23:59:07 +0200

The loneliness of others is harder to bear with than our own. As here we are even more helpless.

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tie me with a lace

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 16:59:41 +0200

To run freely I need to tie my feet. Which they hate, I know it. I can almost hear them breathe in sharply when I take my shoes off. After today’s run I promised them that we will walk in the grass, come spring again. I think they liked...

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Safety Net

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 22:47:51 +0200

He : Hey you, I picked up a new hobby. She : Really, another one? What is it this time? He : Tightrope walking. It is so exciting. She : I bet it is. Are you not afraid to slip and fall down? He : A bit, but I am prepared: I mounted...

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Note to self

Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:59:38 +0200

She : You are repeating yourself! He : We learn through repetition. She : Not always. You only need to touch a hot hob once to know that it hurts. He : Well, do it again and you know it even better.

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On your Mark, sunset, go

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:16:18 +0200

When the wind is still, the cold creeps faster. When there is no one in the room with you the silence becomes louder. When, in solitude, you walk the fields, you can inhale all the air in the world and yet feel empty.

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Added strength

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 18:01:46 +0200

I saw a plaque today, suggesting to buy cigarettes of a certain brand. My uncle used to smoke that brand. He died of COPD.

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Bus, stop

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 11:59:00 +0200

Sometimes when the sandman has overslept or simply forgot about me, I go for a walk and buy a bottle of beer at the local petrol station. As drinking at home is a bad habit, at least when you are by yourself, I then sit down for the length...

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Ellkaweh

Sat, 26 Jan 2019 23:59:08 +0200

One of the peculiarities of the German language is that some of those seemingly neverending joint nouns are actually too long; even for German standards. In such a case an acronym of, say, three or more letters is found to substitute the...

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Guide

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:59:05 +0200

Through the mists the hermit walks. On paths not trodden yet. No possession does he value but his lantern. From time to time he knows it's due to look behind. And as he turns his light becomes a guide for those that follow.

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Sendeschluss

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 23:59:21 +0200

At 2 o'clock they played the national anthem, followed by the European one. All that was left after that was a high pitched noise accompanied by the test pattern. The internet had stopped submitting until the next morning.

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Cut Through the fit

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 23:59:20 +0200

He : I am sorry, that I lied to you. I should have been honest. She : I am sorry, too. He : Wait! What? What are you apologising for? She : For giving you a reason to lie to me. Or at least for not giving you enough reason to trust me...

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True Love

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:59:25 +0200

She : Have you ever fallen in love with an illusion? He : I think I was never in love with anything but illusions. Why?

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otherwhere

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 20:47:01 +0200

There is no place like otherwhere. At least not if you want to ignore the here and now.

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Leave through the entrance

Sun, 20 Jan 2019 23:36:04 +0200

He : Every day I wonder who lives behind that door. She : Maybe the person behind that door thinks the same about the outside world. You should meet.

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Headache

Sat, 19 Jan 2019 16:14:36 +0200

Every day is a new start insofar as that you spend the first seconds with figuring out who you are, where you are and what you want to do next. Blessed are those days on which you know the correct answers to all three questions right...

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Forwardback

Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:08:22 +0200

Distance is defined as a connection between two objects. If you move to one, you leave the other.

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Someone's Home

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 23:07:22 +0200

That run-down house is someone's home, that rusty car is someone's ride, that fat lady is someone's mother, and that ugly boy is someone's son. The best meal I have ever had cost less than a bus ticket and yet it brought me further in one...

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No Name

Wed, 16 Jan 2019 23:59:01 +0200

The streets are not really emptier at night. There are just a lot less people.

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Litter Alley

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:59:20 +0200

He : How can you claim to be a believer if you don't believe in the truth of every single word. She : Because I believe in ideas, not in words.

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Dosencremekotze

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 11:59:49 +0200

Many, many years ago I was in love with a wonderful and quite beautiful young women, who possessed a plethora of good qualities. That I was most undeserving of her goes without saying. She was educated, open-minded and well-read. As a...

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Perspective

Sun, 13 Jan 2019 23:59:00 +0200

He :We can change the perceived shape of an object in space by altering our perspective. What if we could do the same with time? She : You mean like the past becoming the future when we look at it from the right angle? He : Yes, exactly....

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Swans

Sat, 12 Jan 2019 23:59:56 +0200

There is no beauty, but in the eye of the beer holder.

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Lesson to learn

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 23:59:47 +0200

When it's bleak again. Life's outlook I mean. Then I go home to sit and watch the gulls in the wind that never, ever holds in. Here, not for one second, even on the warmest of days. After a while I stand up again, knowing I was never...

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Purpose

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:14:34 +0200

The ground is softer and quieter than it had been during the summer months. The scent of pollen has given way to that of suspended decay; it is still too warm for the downfall to throw a blanket over the scene, but yet too cold for the...

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1cd

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 11:59:35 +0200

What is the wavelength of loneliness?

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As above, so below.

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:59:51 +0200

He : I wish I was powerful enough to count all the stars in the Universe. She : ho-hum. He : What are you doing there, anyway? She : I am trying to count the buds of this Romanesco. He : But why on Earth would you... She : Please do...

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Sit!

Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:24:23 +0200

If only I were alone in the world I'd never need to ask if a seat was taken

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Follow me, I'll be right behind you

Sun, 06 Jan 2019 13:19:33 +0200

You’ve been here before, you can see it clearly, the same coat you wore which still you hold so dearly. Last time around, although you held more than just attire, but hands with her; in the snow. Your hearts had been on fire.

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Ferry

Sat, 05 Jan 2019 11:59:18 +0200

He : I rather rely on machines than on people She : Really? Why is that? He : You see, if they are broken, you at least have a chance to fix them.

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His story

Fri, 04 Jan 2019 11:59:17 +0200

I have a look at one of my bookshelves and I wonder how much knowledge is stored there. Is there even a valid metric for knowledge? What is an appropriate unit? A chunk of information, maybe? But what about chunks that are composed of...

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Leaving

Thu, 03 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0200

She : Sometimes staying is just the prolonged form of leaving. He : So, you want me to leave? She : No, I did not say that. He : Then you want me to stay? She : Up to you, really. It is your choice.

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A void dance

Wed, 02 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0200

The light whips a cut into the raw flesh of my existence. Its initial warmth turns into the rusty heat of remembrance. I make a step forward, for the hope that things might be different somewhere else. Another. And another. I start to...

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A new day

Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0200

He : So it is a done deal then? She : I can’t promise you anything. He : Why not? She : Because I do not know what kind of a person I will be tomorrow.

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Etappe

Mon, 31 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

I run without goal, so every kilometre becomes a reminder that I made another part of the whole. Every step hurts, no matter the pace. I count, as I do not know how many more to come, the milestones I have passed. It pains me...

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There is an app for that

Sun, 30 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

He : Soon our lives will be completely virtual. Our bodies will just be the power sources for our new, enhanced selves. I can’t wait. She : Yeah, well, good luck with that.

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Love

Sat, 29 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

Can you write Love without my blood, my dear?

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Reality

Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

I sometimes have this strange feeling that reality might actually exist out there, somewhere hidden behind matter. I wonder if I stare long enough into my tea-cup if I may catch a glimpse of it.

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Tones

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

A naked lightbulb swings over the stairs. Each step down moves you further out of its reach. As your fingers glide across the cracks in the bannister you notice the smell of turpentine, potatoes and wet straw. We have this tendency to...

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Homecoming

Wed, 26 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

Coming home brings memories with it, one way or the other.

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O Tannenbaum

Tue, 25 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

If I take your clothes, what remains? If I take your job, your career, what remains? If further I take your family and your friends from you, what remains? If then I steal your belongings, material and immaterial, what remains? If...

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Family

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

It is just so damn good to have one.

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Fruition

Sun, 23 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

She : When life gives you a lemon… He : A lemon? Doesn’t the proverb speak of lemons in the plural? She : Maybe, but one is enough. He : For what? She : To consider your life more fruitful.

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Who murdered the day?

Sat, 22 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

He: Once you understand that something is wrong and as soon as you want things to change you must dare to act. She: What if you don’t? I mean, what if you do not dare to act. He: Then you would murder that day and every day...

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The only law

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

For roughly 13.799 billion (+/- 21 million) years it has been set in stone (well maybe not stone, but matter anyway) what you will have for breakfast tomorrow morning. Non, M Camus, there is no meaningful philosophical problem, not even...

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Creaturescapes

Thu, 20 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

Night’s rest is gone, when in shadows’ guise the creatures come. Their cheerless eyes rest on you, so cold. Your hope it dies and numb you hold your breath so long that jaded and old you are when day has come.

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Gust

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

She: There are takers in life and givers. He: So, the givers suffer because of the takers? She: No, I think they both suffer equally. He: How so? Don’t the givers miss what they gave away? And don’t the takers enjoy what they have...

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Wohin?

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

Not every desert is one of sand, not every monotony is sepia, some gains weigh heavy, others make you lighter, some are losses, indeed.

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Yesterday

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

He: Why not? She: I am fed up with staring at screens all day long. He: But why? Screens make our lives so much easier, we can watch so many things at once, take in so much more in the same time. She: They make you blind for anything...

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Flightschool

Sun, 16 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

She: All those birds that can fly away anytime they like, where do they go? He: Anywhere they want. She: But what if they don’t want to go anywhere?

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The rhombic dog

Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

I looked into his deep black eyes and tried to read his thoughts. To no avail, the muscles in his face were static, without the slightest motion. If he was thinking anything then his face did not give it away. I had no idea if he was...

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I live here too

Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

The night belongs to the demons that manically dance through your dreams. Their curses and spells shatter your sleep so they can drain you of air and energy. The waking hours of the night are yours, though and there you can find beauty...

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The internet ...

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

… has become a confusing and scary place.

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Your father’s garden

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

I saw flowers reach for your father’s touch, they sprung, then withered, then faded as such their nature is. Their life I grasped, but naught I saw; my eyes where shut when waters still I passed. But wide they got, vivid and bright when...

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Elves

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

Be as rational as you like, but there is magic in the trees at night.

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Purpose

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

So I walk through the fields without purpose. In that sense this place is no different from anywhere else.

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Traffic

Sun, 09 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

‘I have a similar one’ she said rummaging through her brocade handbag, ‘and I am sure it is in here.’ The bumps in the track made the plume on her hat wiggle like the tail of an excited Cocker Spaniel. Ta-dum, ta-dum, ta-dum. The...

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Smoke

Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

Even after 14 years in the shelf my pipe still smells and tastes of tobacco. A good tobacco. I must have had great taste back then.

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Hold On

Fri, 07 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

She: ‘Are you still afraid of walking a dark path, even when you know your destination?’ He: ‘Well, do I know how far it is still away?’ She: ‘For the sake of the argument; let’s say you do, yes.’ He: ‘Well then I...

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Eulogy

Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

We shared the same path for a wonderful while, sang the same songs and danced frantically in bacchic ellipses. We entertained the same ideals, not always, just often enough. Not anymore, though. So often you carried my burden as I...

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E/Motion

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

If a bird I was, then fly I could. But if I flew, well, then I would for all I knew; at every beat and day anew, for every flap be filled with fear my wings to snap. So here I’ll stay, and what I am, a withered fool and wingless man. ...

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Wasserstoff

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

When you make a hop of just 30cm you are already 0.00000000000000009326% closer to the nearest star of Gemini.

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Fences

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

Some barriers are infinite; even at the speed of light you will not reach their end in your lifetime.

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Touch me if you can

Sun, 02 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

There is nothing in the Universe And particles. Which dance around. Themselves and each other. When they join an other they become another. Yet even then each remains alone, nothing between them. I shall never touch you, but dance we...

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What are you looking at?

Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0200

Our attention is like the beam of a torch piercing the darkness. If we direct it towards the horizon then everything on our path becomes a grey blur. Yet, if we illuminate what is directly around us we cannot see what might come in the...

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Nepal

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