Tag: bicycle
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Pedaling Joy~
I walk the streets every day with a quiet longing—for joy, for a glimpse of something real. There is so much noise in the world now: conflict in the headlines, division on our screens, and a steady stream of content that rarely touches the heart. In all of that, I find myself searching for moments…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 89/365
Hi again from Germany. It has taken me a while to force myself to come back to this blog since current events threw me completely off balance lately. But if there is anything I am sure of, it is that I am the boss of me and there is plenty of coffee left in the…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 74/365
Sometimes it feels to me that I am cycling through my life in a comfortable pace and watching events happen around me as if on a movie screen. But every once in a while an opportunity for change and elevation shows itself and somehow because of being so comfortable on the bike, I choose to…
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Wanderlust~
How gratifying it is to explore the spinning sphere we call home. Each time I plan a new trip, I feel a bubbling of excitement at the unknown that would undoubtedly meet, the amazing people who cross my path and the images my camera would capture. It is as soul nourishing journey when I am…
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Time, motion and perception~
Everything moves at various speeds in our world, even the the life we call ‘still’. How we perceive this motion in relation to space and time is key to composition. Random morning thoughts on photography. Day 74 of 365~ Image taken in the back alleys of Hongkou, shanghai, China
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Breaking out of our self-made prisons~
It has been said that the chains that bind us are mostly self-manufactured by our own self-esteem and pride. Personal development is an uncomfortable journey upward and into the unknown, if only we dare. Day 54 of 365~ Image taken in the entrance to the old tea house in Kashgar, Xinjiang
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Worlds colliding~
Some days it feels as though it is just impossible to catch up with all what we task ourselves to do. It seems as though time is standing there as a slave driver and a grim reaper screaming: “it’s later than you think”. On days like that I take a deep breath and remember that…
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The Good People
Life is slow in Yunnan. People walk with no rush; the fields can wait. The clouds change form in slow motion; the lush mountains are great company. Even the birds chirp melodically and without strain; it’s just the way it is. In a place like that, a bicycle fits so well for exploring at the…
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The Comforts of Anonymity
Anonymia, Greek for nameless, the state of us urban dwellers to each other. This suggests that our names define us and and who we have become in so many different ways. Being a stranger in the big city can be so comforting to those of us who opt for this lifestyle. We can be who we…