"I'm standing on the bridge and I'm back in the middle of Paris, in the home of us all. There the water flows, there you lie, and I throw my heart into the river and dive into you and love you." - Kurt Tucholsky  In mid-October, Stefan surprises me with

It's that time of year again. I'm looking forward to it: When Judith Peters calls for a blog challenge, it gets exciting. She always chooses very personal topics; questions you can't just answer; you have to listen to yourself. Judith's challenges are always self-explorations. This time, the theme of the

"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things" Do you know this jazz standard from the musical "The Sound of Music"? You might be wondering what it's doing here.

I knew the feeling long before I knew there was a word for it. The feeling that you're pretending to be someone you're not. It doesn't matter how successful or talented you are - impostor syndrome is like that little devil sitting on your shoulder, whispering that you're not good

I didn't know how good it is to take some time and review the year. Also, to define dreams and wishes for the coming year. Judith Peters from Sympatexter has been calling for a year in review for 5 years now. This year I am taking part.It made me realize

Lately, I have been dealing a lot with my childhood. In the process, a lot of things that had been buried a bit in recent years have come to the surface again. That was partly difficult, painful, upsetting, also healing. It all fed into my new art series "Cracked."But not

"F*ck positive vibes only" - that's the motto of Anette Schade's blog parade. An optimistic basic attitude is important. We should think positive, not let ourselves get down. But if we suppress all other feelings, how good is that really for us?Now and then, we should honestly ask ourselves the

I really enjoyed the Blog Challenge at the end of last month, so I thought about taking part in another one. I think it's an easy way to tell more about myself.I have been flirting with the challenge from Caro - Draußen nur Kännchen for a while. The idea is