Insel Hombroich

Random thoughts.

Planning change in the future is deciding not to move. Changing now moves fast for the first second, then shuffles onwards for ages until you suddenly notice it has stopped weeks ago.

'Just be yourself' is a contradictio in terminis.

If anything gets destroyed in 2012, it's the doctrine of 'must not, can not'. It's high time we all start allowing ourselves to focus on what can.

A quote.

"There is a 2nd kind of reader. There's the social isolate - the child who from an early age felt very different from everyone around him. You take that sense of being different into an imaginary world. But that world, then, is a world you can't share with other people around you - because it's imaginary. And so the important dialogue in your life is with the authors of the books you read... When writers grow up they continue to find writing vital to their sense of connectedness. A writer is a socially isolated individual who desperately wants to communicate with a substantive imaginary world" - Jonathan Franzen, How to be alone -

On design.

I'm not the only one who wants everything to be different. Life pisses me off by asking me for a design that never gets built. And then stopping me in my tracks, making me look at the real thing, which is much more hideous than I could ever have imagined. But then - and that's the killer - much more breathtaking as well.

Conclusion for now.

So, in the end, nobody can do it for you, but you. Pillows can cushion the blow, but you'll have to stand up by yourself. Which seems to be a scary thought at first, but is not. The opposite, actually. Life made easy. Stand up on two strong feet, take small steps - or big steps - whichever way you want to go, and watch yourself walk a magical design that unfolds right in front of you. Travel light. Only bring pen & paper, lots of water, and maybe a flashlight. Don't forget to enjoy the scenery.