Category Archives: The Coffee Table

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Fear

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Michaela

Siegfried is an innocent young man who grew up in isolation and has never felt fear. When he comes across the sleeping Brünnhilde and discovers his feelings for a woman he experiences a panic attack. To love a woman is … Continue reading →

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Living with Loss

Posted on November 13, 2010 by dsrtsng

    –by Paul Last summer, when I was staying in Germany with Angelika, I had the pleasure to meet a young man, Rouven Bauer, who is a fine musician and composer. He shared a song with me that he … Continue reading →

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On a train

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Michaela

Sitting on a train the landscape flying by Life is there whispers in my ear and fills me with truth and beauty. Mountains capped with snow yellow tops between the firs a bubbly stream flowing round the rocks A bulbous … Continue reading →

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Topographic map on a leaf

Posted on November 11, 2010 by lilli10

  Isn’t nature the most gorgeous painter of all ? It is unbelievable !

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Doing not-doing

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Michaela

This is how it is done. The violinist is the tune. God through Vivaldi and Ann Sophie Mutter.

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A new blend

Posted on November 7, 2010 by johngraham123

Michaela suggested to me to listen to Lama Lobsang. Yesterday I made Geli listen to him as well. She suggested to mix Lama Lobsang´s voice with music performed by Till Brönner. This is the result. Click on play to listen. Enjoy!

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Dying in beauty

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Michaela

Autumn is the time of transformation Watch the old dying in blazing and radiant beauty So excited to turn into something else.

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Sunset in Debrecen

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Glerikud
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Mother, hear a suppliant child !

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Michaela

For Martina with best wishes: Franz Schubert – Ellens Gesang Nr 3 – Ave Maria

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Cancer World

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Michaela

A brilliant article on cancer from this weeks’s New Yorker: Cancer World The more science tells us about the cancer cell, the more it resembles us. It wants to grow and multiply, as we do, but it doesn’t know how … Continue reading →

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