Articles from month May 2009

Turning the ordinary into something magical

I’ve always been fascinated by how some people are able to transform mundane things into sources of inspiration. Evelien Lohbeck is one of those people. In the following video, Evelien tries to confuse the reality by challenging expectations and illusions.

I believe that the ability to turn mundane things into sources of inspiration is one of [...]

What does it mean to be open-minded?

You’re embracing randomness and the unknown. You have crazy ideas about how the future should look like. Have you ever thought what drives you to be like this?
Is it open mindedness? What is open mindedness in fact? The video below exposes an interesting perspective about this concept.

What do you think that open-mindedness is? Do you [...]

What would it be like, if…

Tim Brown made a wonderful short film in which a young woman poses a series of rhetorical questions to the viewer, that she then tries to visualize by any means possible.

If i… from Tim Brown on Vimeo.
For most of us, some of her ideas point to an exaggerated sense of imagination. This totally makes sense [...]

Imagine the unimaginable

I created the “Imagine the unimaginable” dream after beeing inspired by a photo shot by teeesa. One of my aunts lives nearby a lake and she has a couple of chickens and ducks. I am always used to seeing the ducks having fun on the lake. The chickens would run like hell only if you throw [...]

Discover your most important dreams

“…ideas seem to come literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky: two previously unrelated ideas come together and make something new under the sun. Your job isn’t to find these ideas but to recognize them when they show up.” – Stephen King

 
I started sharing my dreams. There are tens of [...]

Walking the path versus building it

Pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Alora in Malaga, one can find “The King’s little pathway” (Spanish: Caminito del Rey). [1]
I watched the video-recording of a person crossing this walkway. Only watching it made me feel… amazed.

If it’s courage, freedom, craziness and ambition that one needs to [...]