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About Michaela

I am a wanderer and a wonderer, like you are. I love our journey and to walk in the company of friends – to learn, experience, share, laugh, cry and above all I simply love this marvelous, magical, mysterious life. I have no plan (cannot believe I am saying this) and my only intention is to be truthful to myself and others.

The Mauritius Miracle

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Michaela

by Joseph E Stieglitz Suppose someone were to describe a small country that provided free education through university for all of its citizens, transportation for school children, and free health care – including heart surgery – for all. You might … Continue reading →

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The Spiritual in Art

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Michaela

Thus the spirit of the individual artist is mirrored in the form. The form bears the stamp of the personality. The personality, however, naturally cannot be conceived as something which stands outside of Time and Space. Rather, it is subject … Continue reading →

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On the Problem of Form

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Michaela

by Wassily Kandinsky At the appointed time, necessities become ripe. That is the time when the Creative Spirit (which one can also designate as the Abstract Spirit) finds an avenue to the soul, later to other souls, and causes a … Continue reading →

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The power of paper and glue

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Michaela

“Use art turn the world inside out” The inside out project

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Walls of Division

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Michaela

More than 30 years after he wrote the globally-acclaimed album The Wall, Roger Waters the legendary Pink Floyd musician, focuses on another wall – the Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank – which has encroached  into Palestinian territory and has caused … Continue reading →

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Stress

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Michaela

There is a perfect way to explain the phenomenon of stress: Take a stress ball – or just make a fist – and squeeze it as much as you can. Then let go and slowly open the grip. Then do … Continue reading →

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The Beauty of Form

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Michaela

Chikuminuk Lake, Alaska Source: National Geographic  

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A new reality

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Michaela

A historic moment in the Arab world: Wadah Khanfar’s talk at TED As a democratic revolution led by tech-empowered young people sweeps the Arab world, Wadah Khanfar, the head of Al Jazeera, shares a profoundly optimistic view of what’s happening in … Continue reading →

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Greed and Growth

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Michaela

by Jeffrey D. Sachs India’s great moral leader Mohandas Gandhi famously said that there is enough on Earth for everybody’s need, but not enough for everybody’s greed. Today, Gandhi’s insight is being put to the test as never before. The … Continue reading →

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Old World or New Earth ?

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Michaela

                                  So what do you think ? Old world or New Earth ? Thats a difficult one…;.)

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