The film “Cider House Rules” (1999) demonstrates the postmodern “catechism” A young man (whose name I have forgotten, I shall call him X) from an ...
Holiday
Jingle bells, Jingle bells – can we sing in a time of war? – the war between Russia and – who? - who else than the very culture which is responsible ...
Solitude
Collective is not always the best. The appreciative word for performing alone is solitude. On the negative side, there is loneliness and, e. g. "being ...
Fear
Don't fear having fear! Some people will tell you that having fear is somewhat pathologic. But have no fear (!) this feeling is as natural as any ...
Acting and authenticity
The English author Paul Johnson (1928-) has written a short biography on Ronald Reagan, US president 1980-88. Johnson claims that Reagan’s public ...
„Thank you for smoking“
COMMENTING ON AN AMERICAN FILM FROM 2005 For the first five minutes of this film, I laughed continuously. I had great fun seeing that not only did ...
Ignorance
I find it interesting that in English the substantive “ignorance” and the verb “ignore” have different meanings. Ignorance is a state of not knowing - ...
Gratitude
All good things tend to be faked. In the history of human development, I believe, always, when a good invention – be it technical, socio-cultural, or ...
Form
Once, in front of his pupils, an art teacher asked one of them to imagine he should receive some hazelnuts poured out of a bag. The pupil obediently ...
48 % Beauty
"Lange Nacht der Bilder" is an annual art exhibiton taking place in Lichtenberg, Berlin. On the last Friday in September Artists all over the district ...