Life is a matter of focus, originally uploaded by Thorsten Becker.

Sometimes seemingly trivial things can take on a meaning of their own. The leaf in the foreground seems to be rather insignificant. It is withered and dead. The building in the background is the headquarter of a large bank in northern Germany. To me this picture symbolizes how we tend to lose our focus, concentrate on money and wealth rather then on little things, those that are deemed worthless, unimportant or of no use by the powers around us. Just like the leaf we all wither and die one day. However, it did and still does possess an inner beauty and complexity unique to itself, just like we do. Who will notice us?