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Pile of stones
Pile of stones Chenresi, the bodhisattva of Compassion, is the protector of Tibet. His mantra ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’ is carved on stones and rocks all over Tibet. This heap of stones too has several of these so called ‘mani stones’ among them.Unfortunately Chenresi and his mantra have not been able to keep the country…
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Fusion
Fusion Let’s start the New Year in a cheerful mood. Photo of the week: Couple – Takamori Akio, Biennale de la Céramique 2016, Saint-Cergue, Switzerland 2016
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Welcome to our bleak and gloomy Earth, infant Jesus. Photo of the week: Cerniat, Gruyère, Switzerland 2022
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Santa Claus
Santa Claus Antiquated selfie in-between Santa Claus who’s just passing by. Photo of the week: Cerniat – Gruyère, Switzerland 2022
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At the hairdresser
At the hairdresser What must be must be, once in a while. Photo of the week: Tibet, Lhasa, China1996
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Smart coats
Smart coats Three little lads on top of the world – their world. Fortunately, they had no time for me. That’s how they’ll remain etched in my memory forever. Photo of the week: Tibet, between Gyantse and Lhasa, China 1996
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The herdsman
The herdsman A cowboy – or rather, a yakboy – who braves the harsh living conditions on the Tibetan Plateau. Photo of the week: Tibet, China 1996
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The Earth is round
The Earth is round The Earth is round. Its surface measures 510.000.000 km2. On a tiny part, in Gruyère, a tree and a chapel stand brotherly next to each other. Photo of the week: Charmey, Gruyère, Switzerland 2022
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Snow Country
Snow Country Why does this make me think of “Snow Country”, of Kawabata? Not just because the image depicts a snow-covered landscape. It is the sensitivity and perfection with which Kawabata describes feminine beauty in his novels.Here, it is nature that gives me the feeling of looking at a reclining nude, rendered with the same…
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Mountain goats
Mountain goats Like in Nolde’s Flower garden – Woman with Purple Dress where a woman merges with her garden (see last week’s Union), in Marc’s painting it is mountain goats that become one with their environment. The symbiotic relationship of goats with their surrounding mountain landscape gets in Marc’s case an abstract expression in bright…
καιρός remembered
… the right moment, position chosen, shoot …
