Quote of the day. New York. Impressions.

I guess it goes to show that you just never know where life will take you. You search for answers. You wonder what it all means. You stumble, and you soar. And, if you’re lucky, you make it to New York. You dare to dream. For those who did, it unlocked its gates and its treasures, not caring who they were or where they came from. 

(inspired by Amy Thomas and Moss Hart)  

Foto: @Sina 

Impressions. Memories. Moments. New York

“My mind then wandered. I thought of this: I thought of how every day each of us experiences a few little moments that have just a bit more resonance than other moments—we hear a word that sticks in our mind—or maybe we have a small experience that pulls us out of ourselves, if only briefly. And if we were to collect these small moments in a notebook and save them over a period of months we would see certain trends emerge from our collection—certain voices would emerge that have been trying to speak through us. We would realize that we have been having another life altogether; one we didn’t even know was going on inside us. And maybe this other life is more important than the one we think of as being real—this clunky day-to-day world of furniture and noise and metal. So just maybe it is these small silent moments which are the true story-making events of our lives.” (Douglas Coupland, Life after God)



“Do you know how there are moments when the world moves so slowly you can feel your bones shifting, your mind tumbling? When you think that no matter what happens to you for the rest of your life, you will remember every last detail of that one minute forever?” (Jodi Picoult, Ninteen Minutes)



“They would think she was savoring the taste (blueberries, cinnamon, cream-excellent), but she was actually savoring the whole morning, trying to catch it, pin it down, keep it safe before all those precious moments became yet another memory.” (Liane Moriarty, What Alice Forget)

Pics: Sina

Eyecatcher of the day. Impressions. Words to live by.

We love individuals. We love New York.

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." (Marc Twain) 

Foto: Sina 

Quotes for life: But then, as time goes on. Juilliard´s Senior Production 2013.

"You drive by them, these two buildings, and you look, and you realize that we really built that up. That we really built that love into these things, and for a long time afterward looking at them really made me feel sad; to see these empty buildings that I don´t go in to anymore. But then, as time goes on, they start to become kind of joyous in their own way: You can look at them and think 'that love was great and these buildings still stand tall'. But there is also an element of the fact that they´re just buildings - they´re gonna fall down one day, and they´re not that´re not that important because there´s new love in your life and you´ve got to break things down, that get built up."

Justin Vernon

Es ist einer der ganz wichtigen Stufen auf der Treppe nach ganz oben: Für einen Juilliard Tanzschüler ist die Senior Production, 3 Tage Performance, in denen Seniors Werke von anderen Seniors präsentieren, von großer Bedeutung. Begonnen hat das Projekt bereits in den 1980er und ist mittlerweile zu einer wichtigen Tradition geworden innerhalb der Tänzerausbildung. Abgesehen von dem choreographischen Part der Show, bestehen weitere sehr wichtige Teile aus Technik, Kostüm- und Set Design. In diesem Jahr wurden 7 Choreographen ausgesucht, worunter mein absoluter Favorit Julia Headley war, mit ihrem Stück "Glimpse", ein lyrisches Contemporary Stück, das sich mit Realität und Masse, mit Individuum und Gesellschaft beschäftigt. 

"Focus your energy, you´ll know where to put it. Learn form what is all around you. Keep things close but not too close. Breathe deeply before reacting to a challenge. And keep doing what you´re doing - even if you haven´t a clue what it is - as long as it feels right."

Jason Collins, Senior Production Choreograph

"Because one step or one thought alone requires enormous consideration, progress feels slow in the moment and somehow suddenly speedy in retrospect."

Ingrid Kapteyn, Senior Production Tänzer

Seven New Hues

 

"Sometimes I think you are in a relationship because you need help, 

but that´s not necessarily why you should be in a relationship. And that´s skinny. 

It doesn´t have weight. Skinny love doesn´t have a chance because it´s not nourished. 

Not at all."

Justin Vernon

"When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, 

you don´t throw away your ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer." 

Corrie Ten Boom

"The adjustment of reality to the masses and of the masses to reality 

is a process of unlimited scope, as much for thinking as for perception." 

Walter Benjamin

Bilder: Sina

Inspiration: Juilliard´s Senior Production, Justin Vernon

Quotes of the day. Impressions New York. True blue.

I wanted to create change in my life and I knew that I could only do it by myself, I just felt as the creator of my own future, like the writer of a life story, looking for new inspiration.....

"I tell you, the more I think, the more I fell 

that there is nothing more truly artistic

 than to love people."

"Defining a sense of self and authenticity

 can be a revelatory journey..."

“It's the possibility of having a dream come true

 that makes life interesting.” 

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

"The simple things are also the most extraordinary things,

 and only the wise can see them.” 

“Why do we have to listen to our hearts?" she asked.

Because whereever your heart is, 

that is where you will find your treasure."

“We are travelers on a cosmic journey, 

stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. 

Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other,

 to meet, to love, to share.This is a precious moment.

 It is a little parenthesis in eternity.” 

Inspiration: 

Poesie:

 Paulo Cohelo, The Alchemist

Elle Macpherson, check also: Liaison Dangereuse

Fotos: Sina 

Impresssions. New York. Everything affects everything.

“Because it may seem like a small role now,

 but it matters. In the end, everything matters.... 

It's a big deal when you finally get the chance 

to do the one thing you want to do.

Need to do. More than anything. 

It can kind of scare the crap out of you.” 

“We all know the sound a camera makes

 when it snaps a picture.

 Even some of the digitals do it

 for nostalgia’s sake."

“And there comes a time when the world gets quiet 

and the only thing left is your own heart. 

So you'd better learn the sound of it. 

Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying. 

Don´t think or judge, just listen."

                                                      “I thought again how you could never really know

what you were seeing with just a glance,

in motion, passing by. Good or bad.

Right or wrong. There was always so much more.” 

“I understood now. This voice.

The one that had been trying to get my attention.

All this time, calling out to me, 

begging me to hear it. It was mine. 

Story of my life.” 

Bilder: Sina

Inspiration: Sarah Dessen, Just Listen; Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why 

Hunger for life. New York. Impressions.

“There are a few moments in your life when you are truly and completely happy, and you remember to give thanks. Even as it happens you are nostalgic for the moment, you are tucking it away in your scrapbook.”

“There's a taste in the air, sweet and vaguely antiseptic, that reminds her of her teenage years in these streets, and of a general state of longing, a hunger for life to begin that from this distance seems like happiness.”

 

“I'm going to enjoy every second, and I'm going to know I'm enjoying it while I'm enjoying it. Most people don't live; they just race. They are trying to reach some goal far away on the horizon, and in the heat of the going they get so breathless and panting that they lose sight of the beautiful, tranquil country they are passing through; and then the first thing they know, they are old and worn out, and it doesn't make any difference whether they've reached the goal or not.” 

“Fate never promises to tell you everything up front. You aren't always shown the path in life you're supposed to take. But if there was one thing she'd learned in the past few weeks, it was that sometimes, when you're really lucky, you meet someone with a map.” 

Bilder: Sina 

Inspiration (von oben nach unten):

David Benioff/When the Nines roll over and other stories, Ian McEwan/Saturday,

 Jean Webster, Sarah Addison Allen