Gateways, originally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Alas, I have been severely slacking again. I would have liked to present a great reason for the lack of activity – working on a book that’s almost finished now, some new compositions that I wanted to complete – but it is non thereof. Instead I have spent quite …
The curious case of a little old book — Part 2, originally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Last year I related the story of an unusual find in a post titled “The curious case of a little old book”. I’ve had purchased a copy of the Roycrofter’s edition of Aucassin & Nicolette which also, unexpectedly so, …
Idyllic times, originally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Some time has passed since I last wrote on my blog as I was taking an inspirational break. Now that I felt it was time again to continue I thought about all the many things time is and does even though it is neither an entity nor a …
Do you enjoy detective stories? Have you ever wanted to be a sleuth yourself? I can answer both questions with “yes”. Growing up I listened to quite a lot of audio books, mostly Three Investigators, Famous Five and TKKG. And of course I would go out and play sleuth myself. This fascination with finding things …
Abenteuer einer kleinen Maus, originally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Abenteuer einer kleinen Maus — Adventures of a little mouse was the title of a story I wrote back in high school. It was a writing assignment by our German teacher, I believe in 7th grade. We received a general outline (a mouse and a cat …
Value and worth, originally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Say, how much do you think you’re worth? Maybe $8 an hour? Or $50/h? Or $150/h? How about $45,000 a year? Or $100,000? I think you can tell where I am going. There are several value systems we’re dealing with frequently, the most influential being our income. …
Esplanade, originally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Over the years I learned an important lesson when it comes to business that I’d like to share, especially with creatives: If anybody can do it everybody will do it, eventually. That means if something is easy to do and doesn’t require much effort it can and will quickly …
