Tag Archives: Eroica

Difficult is closer to the truth

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Michaela

Listening to Orpheus (12) What is a man required to give up to become eligible to dare the descent into the underworld and reemerge with something really new, radically different and groundbreaking ? This is a full length movie exploring the … Continue reading →

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The linden tree

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Michaela

Listening to Orpheus (10) Today I took a photograph of the 600 years old linden tree standing in the old courtyard of the Eroica House. Ludwig van Beethoven lodged there over the summer until late autumn of 1803 and wrote … Continue reading →

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Sleeping Beauty

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Michaela

One afternoon I opened the entrance door of a rather dilapidated looking building, a few blocks down the road from where I live. I entered into an enchanted courtyard.