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noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:34:00 +0000

hey, i'm still there, even if in a hidden place.. i'm working a lot, travel and try to get things done. still.. ;)

so here's the link to my online portfolio with some examples of my photographic work-

http://www.wix.com/katharinawuensche/photography (didn't work to put the direct link..)

enjoy, feedback's welcome :)

..travelling..

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:08:00 +0000

i've been away from my place since 6 or even 7 weeks now, cause i had to go to berlin for to work on a christmas market which, after first doubts, turned out to be some kind of important experience for me. i took care of the kiosk of a friend of mine, a potter, and sold his ceramics. spending almost 11 hours a day at the same place with the same people.. with hundreds, maybe thousands of faces, strangers, so many impressions- puh.. exhausting, but sooo interesting. and i met a couple of really impressing people there, (..i call them just 'relatives' :) ) who i became befriend with- i'm pretty happy about this and further lots of things changed again, on my mind, as it always is used to be when you're somewhere else. so, so nice.

now i'm in slovenia again, spending some time with my boyfriend there, enjoying our time. we visited venice for new years eve (..i loved it again..), discovered a lot and .. almost too much. laughing, talking, silence.. now i'm looking forward to get back to my work again, processing, working- put different things into practice. but still, several things are missing- and i'm wondering if it'll ever be like you don't miss anything in your life..!?

some of the photos (..yes, i also have been working hihi ;) ) can be seen below.

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:52:00 +0000

when do we really get to go
first you must go walking on your own
maybe then we already are home
row row row your boat
gently down the stream
row row row your boat
gently down the stream
gently down the stream now
gently down the stream

('home' - alexi murdoch)

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:22:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:18:00 +0000

..a wonderful painting is the result of the feeling in your fingers. if you have the feeling of the thickness of the ink in your brush, the painting is already there before you paint. when you dip your brush into the ink you already know the result of your drawing, or else you cannot paint. so before you do something, "being" is there, the result is there. even though you look as if you were sitting quietly, all your activity, past and present, is included, and the result of your sitting is also already there..

(D.T. Suzuki)

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:25:00 +0000

..i'm on my way all the time.. again i had to confess i cannot just be at one place, in my life.. i need this changing of places, moods, atmospheres, people, ... and although it all could be better in general, i feel so happy.. i think i've met the most beautiful being i've ever met in my life- which doesn't mean that everything's totally fine, but it means sooooo soooo much.. an inspiration next to my silent inspirations, some kind of drive next to my own one.. i'm working, i just am, although i have no money i keep on and follow my very own path- and it does so good, it makes me feel so happy and i hope that this will last, 'for more than just a moment, for longer than just for now.. :)

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:16:00 +0000

don't be downcast, soon the night will come,
when we can see the cool moon laughing in secret
over the faint countryside,
and we rest, hand in hand.

don't be downcast, the time will soon come
when we can have rest. Our small crosses will stand
on the bright edge of the road together,
and rain fall, and snow fall,
and the winds come and go.

(..for my love.. 'on a journey' herrmann hesse, translated by James Wright)

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:52:00 +0000

..spiritual friendship is the whole of the spiritual life..

(samyutta nikaya, verse 2)

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:50:00 +0000

..and check out my profile on myspace- to check out more.. looking forward to see and meet you there :)

..a foretaste..

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:15:00 +0000

new photoproject, new experience, new impressions, new expression ;)

sorry, folks :)

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:50:00 +0000

oh ooooh..
sorry for my absence- but i needed (and maybe will need it some more time..) it- urgently ;)
i neither wanted to make anybody feel worried about me nor just to cut and run.. but thank you for letting me know and care- it's a good feeling and it always reminds me of how i felt and feel if there are some posts i miss, some personal stuff of my 'virtual friends' i cannot read..

life's full of surprises and unforeseeable things.. since i'm back in my hometown so much happened.. and so much still is happening.. to be honest, i even neither know where to begin nor where to end. the last weeks i spent in prague and slovenia. i'm still filled with all those impressions, light, experiences, people and .. so much more.. since i'm here, in goerlitz, everything went its way, and athough i believe in the run of events lead by some kind of universal energy (..not meant in a esotheric but in a spiritual way..) i nearly can't believe what's happening right now. of course, bad days and dark clouds still reach me but at the end everything's turning out to be the best and right what could happen. strange and surprising somehow. found a workshop: a place where everything fits, a new place to work, a new place where i feel comfortable and free to work, to let myself go and also to give myself into another kind of sphere. so the week after next week i'll move again, probably, with all of my stuff.. i'm looking forward to all what comes, i'm looking forward to finally be able to work and push all those things forward again. i've started another kind of project, which means i've rediscovering an old passion of mine, which is black and white photography. and, in particular, i'm hunting shadows and reflections. i'm already preparing an exhibition on my mind, combined with more visual things, music, percussion, and moved images- but: we shall see.. maybe more to come..

anything else.. ..aaaaah- it's about the best flat i could ever find- and i've found it by chance :) all fit in every way- and i feel so comfortable to finally have been found a space to live where i just feel like home, to close the door and be alone in a way which is supposed to be felt like that.. (..if you know what i mean ;) ).
anton's also better concerning his social life- he meets a lot of friends (doggy and human..) and we're spending a lot of time together walking along the cosy streets of the old town or through the meadows on the polish side.

looking forward to see and read again about all of you, internet still is not working at my place at the moment so it may take a while till i really be back :) exercise patience, please :)

music: neil young

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:08:00 +0000

that's it, anni! for now, endlessely ;)

did I see you down
in a young girl's town
with your mother in so much pain?
i was almost there
at the top of the stairs
with her screamin' in the rain.

did she wake you up
to tell you that
it was only a change of plan?
dream up, dream up,
let me fill your cup
with the promise of a man.

did I see you walking with the boys
though it was not hand in hand?
and was some black face
in a lonely place
when you could understand?

did she wake you up
to tell you that
It was only a change of plan?
dream up, dream up,
let me fill your cup
with the promise of a man.

will I see you give
more than I can take?
will I only harvest some?
as the days fly past
will we lose our grasp
or fuse it in the sun?

did she wake you up
to tell you that
It was only a change of plan?
dream up, dream up,
let me fill your cup
with the promise of a man.

..happiness..

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:28:00 +0000

a part of mine arrived, feeling some kind of happiness i think :)

there is this first night in my very own realm which i've been longing for since two years now. feeling entirely comfortable, filled with a cosy warmth i nearly can't get. must be a dispensation that everything has come as it is now, so it's not that bad if i'm never going to get it, no? - grin -

time to rest, time to just be - finally !

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:13:00 +0000

'direct your eye right inward,
and you'll find a thousand regions of your mind
yet undiscovered.
travel them and be
expert in home-cosmography.'

(Henry David Thoreau - walden)

film: fear and trembling

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:35:00 +0000

Amélie, a dreamy and romantic young Belgian woman, arrives in Japan to begin work as a translator for the giant Yumimoto Corporation. For Amélie, who spent her childhood in Japan, this is a dream come true. It is her chance to become a ''real Japanese.'' Eager to please her bosses and co-workers, Amélie diligently accomplishes her daily tasks with invention and enthusiasm. But unfamiliar with the customs of the Japanese workplace, she commits a series of cultural missteps and is singled out as a deviant within the company hierarchy, suffering a string of demotions. (...) Unable to stop her downfall, Amélie suddenly stumbles upon her own extraordinary means of liberation. (official website)

links:
official website
wikipedia
imdb

a movie that shines due to the winsome main character and her performance (-which was so great and natural i was delighted-) and also the humourious and cute scenes (caused by the acting..) and not to forget to mention the meaning of the story itself, of course ;) i enjoyed it much.

preparing my move !!

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:41:00 +0000

since 10 am in the morning i was running through the house like crazy: packing things into banana-boxes i've collected during the last 2 weeks, running downstairs, running back upstairs like a whirlwind. i didn't get everything, but i gave my best. so tomorrow my alarm will have to ring (what i absolutely can't stand on sundays..) for i'll have enough time before getting into my train to the east- to my hometown. from up there i will fetch my things on wednesday or so. goodbye barchfeld- i think i'm not going to miss you much..
well, yes, i got the last written exam- now there remains at least one oral exam in two weeks. so I'M MOVING - I'M LEAVING !!! :)
in fact i cannot completely get it yet, as there are a thousand things i have to manage- driver, suitable car, packing, calls, calls, calls.. and all that stuff.. but i already said goodbye to my lake and gave a stone back to him as a kind gesture - grin - time for a change now - finally !!

music: damien rice

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:15:00 +0000

damien rice, an irish singer/songwriter with a likeable story of success. some of his songs are very popular as they were used for some series and films- but, nevertheless, gently instrumental and wonderfully beautiful.

film: after life

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:44:00 +0000

After Life is set at a way station between Heaven and Earth. There, guides have less than a week to help the newly dead sift through their memories for one defining moment to take with them to Heaven.

After Life is a new feature film by KORE-EDA Hirokazu, the award-winning director of Maborosi (1995). Based on KORE-EDA's original screenplay, After Life explores our profound human need to discover meaning in everyday life. (rotten tomatoes)

links:
imdb
wikipedia
new york times review

..what a diffucult request- to choose one memory of the whole life to take it to eternity and thus let it last forever. the film itself deals with many of these essential and basic questions about ones seeking for meaning. and this is, in my opinion, its strength- the interesting underlying interrogation and thought-provoking story. the mood sometimes was a bit too qualm, maybe too impartial, and on the other for transferring a more or less mediative mood in fact there was something missing. the acting of each protagonist was authentic and truly great.

examination piece

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:27:00 +0000

the pictures eagerly awaited- finished on monday (as i already wrote). not satisfying are the structure of the hair (..seem to be more graphic- better would have been to leave the form itself as a whole pure form thing..) and the foot is not exactly what i wanted it to be.. but, nevertheless, i'm a little proud of the face, cause i never carved one good (what i consider as a good) before but this time i just followed the norm and it worked. we'll see what they say ;)

first written tests- easy-peasy english test in the early morning, got a 2 (1 = best note) in social studies (chakkkka :P ) but the worst was economy with only confuse tangle of jumbled numbers and definitions remaining in my head of countless hours and tries of learning and to keep that stuff where i wanted it to stay- in my head (jesus, i'm so bad in economy- but fortunately i know why..) - result: hope it's still a 3.. well, so i keep on learning, next is on wednesday.

film: chaotic ana

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:58:00 +0000

Ana is a beautiful 18 year old free-spirited girl living in Ibiza. She devotes her passion for life into her naive paintings. One day, Justine, a cosmopolitan patron of the arts, invites Ana to explore her work further by moving to Madrid, where she will live amongst a group of young artists that Justine protects. This is the beginning of a journey that will send Ana to new continents, prompting her to uncover, through hypnosis, her past lives that have crossed centuries of remote myths. Ana will be challenged to break the chain of ancestral violence that lingers in her chaotic soul. (juliomedem.org)

the film elsewhere: imdb, wikipedia

with julio medems third film he finally convinced me to fall in love with his way of telling stories by animated pictures. both great film and soundtrack.

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:04:00 +0000

'una casa en el cielo
un jardin en el mar
una alondra en tu pecho
un volver a empezar

un deseo de estrellas
un latir de gorrion
una isla en tu cama
una puesta de sol

tiempo y silencio
gritos y cantos
cielos y besos
voz y quebranto

nacer en tu risa
crecer en tu llanto
vivir en tu espalda
morir en tus brazos'

(pedro guerra, cesaria evora - tiempo y silencio)

music: nicolai dunger - i'd rather die

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:33:00 +0000

due to my dad, the music lover :)
nice song blown in the car when we were together on the road..

i´d rather die than to have you around.
may trouble come, may trouble go
far across the sea - without you and me.
but it's ok, if you want to hold my hand
when it gets dark, I'll leave a spark
upon your weary sky for you to rest and find.
everlasting rest.
for For that's what you miss in our love
i know that's what you miss

i'd rather die than say goodbye
you will be strong, but not for long
far across the sea, our hands are joined and free
in an everlating prayer
for those who are lost and lonley
my love, that's what we are
everlasting rest
everlating pryer - that's what we need

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:27:00 +0000

'fear not the unknown, for we have all the answers to all the questions in the universe inside of us. you just have to find them.'

film: genghis blues

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:43:00 +0000

San Francisco bluesman and composer, Paul Pena makes a musical pilgrimage to the land of Tuva. (imdb)

click here to visit the official website.

deeply impressing! paul pena, the tuvan tribe, the music, the countryside- don't miss it, documentaries of this kind only hardly can be found. such an honest film characterized by so much humanity and heart - i'm still touched.. pretty well done.

film: august rush

noreply@blogger.com (rosalie) — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:34:00 +0000

Estranged from his parents by circumstance and nudged toward a foster family, a young boy seeks out his long-lost folks and discovers prodigious musical talent. (fandango)

click here to visit the official website.

a nearly endlessly corny but someway nice movie with a taste of magic.. the stuff of which the story is made of is great indeed, but the way the stuff was converted into the visual was, despite of a few scenes and pictures you could see and feel the good stuff the story was based on, quite poor.