Category Archives: Musings

Thoughts, ideas, observations and contemplations of all things life and creativity

Appreciation

Appre­ci­a­tion, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. ap·pre·ci·a·tion n. 1.Recognition of the qual­ity, value, sig­nif­i­cance, or mag­ni­tude of peo­ple and things. 2. A judg­ment or opin­ion, espe­cially a favor­able one. 3. An expres­sion of grat­i­tude. 4. Aware­ness or del­i­cate per­cep­tion, espe­cially of aes­thetic qual­i­ties or val­ues. 5. A rise in value or price, espe­cially over time. From …

19. June 2008 – 18:53 | By Thorsten | Posted in Musings | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Bumblebee, where art thee?

Bum­ble­bee, where art thee?, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. The joy of buzzing sounds Will fade away Where knowl­edge is lack­ing © Thorsten Becker The bum­ble­bee is one of those insects we enjoy see­ing in our gar­dens and parks and even though it has a stinger we know that it is rather docile and not …

14. June 2008 – 14:32 | By Thorsten | Posted in Musings | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Is it safe, mom?

Is it safe, mom?, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Where I live there are plenty of chip­munks scur­ry­ing around, always busy, usu­ally cheeks stuffed with what­ever they find (which is more than just peanuts). Though unde­ni­ably cute (yup) and play­ful I usu­ally only see them run­ning around alone, except for the occa­sional quib­bles with one …

9. June 2008 – 16:17 | By Thorsten | Posted in Musings | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Valuable things

Valu­able things, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Many peo­ple col­lect valu­able things, per­sonal trea­sures that they relate to or things that may increase in mon­e­tary value. The desire to col­lect and pre­serve is an almost inher­ent human trait. We can con­nect to our past through fam­ily heir­looms, to his­toric events through old prints, pho­tos, books, …

18. May 2008 – 10:26 | By Thorsten | Posted in Musings | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Perception-in-action

Perception-in-action, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. How big is great? How far is far­ther? How close is near? How deep is under­stand­ing? Let your eyes rest on a small chair and expe­ri­ence perception-in-action. The chair in the pic­ture is a mere 2.5 inches tall (7 cm), a model of an Eames Eif­fel Chair with wooden …

11. May 2008 – 13:24 | By Thorsten | Posted in Musings | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)

Temptation:Reasoning:Resolve

Temptation:Reasoning:Resolve, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Accord­ing to Wikipedia temp­ta­tion is defined as fol­low­ing: “A temp­ta­tion is an act that looks appeal­ing to an indi­vid­ual. It is usu­ally used to describe acts with neg­a­tive con­no­ta­tions and as such, tends to lead a per­son to regret such actions, for var­i­ous rea­sons: legal, social, psy­cho­log­i­cal (includ­ing feel­ing …

8. May 2008 – 13:24 | By Thorsten | Posted in Musings | Tagged , | Comments (1)

Peaceful

Peace­ful, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. peace·ful — adj. 1. Undis­turbed by strife, tur­moil, or dis­agree­ment; tran­quil. See Syn­onyms at calm. 2. Inclined or dis­posed to peace; peace­able. 3. Of or char­ac­ter­is­tic of a con­di­tion of peace. 17 But the wis­dom from above is first of all chaste, then peace­able, rea­son­able, ready to obey, full of mercy …

24. February 2008 – 14:12 | By Thorsten | Posted in Musings | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)