Category Archives: Brains

art, literature, thoughts, … all that stimulates the intellect

The Thing

Some years ago I discovered the work of Australian artist Shaun Tan. His drawings are amazing and full of phantasy and his books should simply be featured in every household, public and private library!

Giannozzo schau’ oba!

Jean Paul, ich sage nur: JEAN PAUL RICHTER! (It is said that his wife always complained that the arrival of a new barrel of beer cheered him up much more than the arrival of a new child. Well Mrs.Richter… 😉 ) Wer da nicht Gusto bekommt zu lesen, dem ist nicht zu helfen:

Jean Paul, "Des Luftschiffers Giannozzo Seebuch", Insel Bücherei Nr.1291, Originaltext erstmals erschienen 1803
Jean Paul, “Des Luftschiffers Giannozzo Seebuch”, Insel Bücherei Nr.1291, Originaltext erstmals erschienen 1803

giannozzo_p15… wie’s weitergeht kann man sich denken, und erkennt, dass sich in den letzten 200 Jahren nichts geändert hat, was die Blut- und Schweinsigel, die Kirchen- und Staatsfalken betrifft!

A great relief

What a great relief I felt when finding this in Monocle magazine:

(c) Monocle, issue 65, volume 07, 07/08 2013
(c) Monocle, issue 65, volume 07, 07/08 2013

I can go on buying books it seems! Good that I recently sold my TV in order to make space on the book shelf B-)