Klausbernd Vollmar on Dreams

Träumend durchschreiten wir die Türe der Welt unserer Möglichkeiten. Dreams open the door to our possibilities. Der Traum gleicht einer Brücke zwischen dem Gewussten und Nichtgewussten. Dreams are bridges between the known and the unknown.  Träume sind Gärten der Lüste. Dreams are gardens of desire. Der Kern der Dinge zeigt sich im Traum. Dreams show the kernel of …

Windows of Cley next the Sea, Norfolk

A library doesn’t need windows. A library is a window.  – Stewart Brand Love unlocks doors and opens windows that weren’t even there before.  – Mignon McLaughlin Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain. – Douglas Horton Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To …

Postcard from Cley next the Sea, Norfolk

Gerrit A. walking in Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, UK, 2012   “One step at a time is good walking” – Chinese proverb Masterwalk bei Ebbe in North-Norfolk  – Low Tide is good for salty walks.   “For creativity and new ideas we close the PC and go for a walk ” – Dina, Master, …

On the Backs, Cambridge

“When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.” “Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.” “Love is a better teacher than duty.” “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” “We …

Bridges across the Cam in Cambridge

“Education is all a matter of building bridges.” – Ralph Ellison (My favourite quote to bridges and interesting facts to this bridge in particular  is coming up soon on kbvollmarblog ) 🙂 “I am seeking for the bridge which leans from the visible to the invisible through reality.” – Max Beckmann “One of the hardest things in life to …

Postcard from North Norfolk

“There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo.” – Paul Scott Mowrer This week you can see my photos from North Norfolk on Pixartix, thanks  dear Sofasophia and Irgendlink!

Chester Beatty Library, Dublin

“…It’s surely clear that to describe Dublin as a City of Literature would be like saying rain sometimes falls in Ireland”. – Joseph O’Connor – author of Star of the Sea “He’d … settled into a life of Guinness, sarcasm and late, late nights, the kind of life that American academics think real Dubliners lead”. …

Postcard from Marsh’s Library, Dublin

“It’s history. It’s love of words… It’s a city of literature, of course it’s. It’s Dublin.”   –  John Boyne, author of “The boy in the Striped Pyjama” “The Library: Home of the world’s wisdom and the sustenance of the soul.”   –  M.E. DeBakey You can see more of my photos from this beautiful library on …

Irgendlink kommt nach Fredrikstad

Eilmeldung, Irgendlink er allerede “på den andre siden av fjorden” und wird in 4-5 Tagen in Fredrikstad bei Tone, Jostein und Jon Olav erwartet! Tone und die Jungs freuen sich, die Waschmaschine steht parat, Kaffee und WiFi ebenfalls, ach, auch ich wäre so gerne dabei, seufz, “wir auuuuch!” rufen die Buchfeen und Klausbernd gerade  lautstark aus Norfolk. Grund genug, Irgendlinks eigene Eindrücke …