Empty buildings

Empty buildings have their own charm. Especially if it looks like the new museum in Berlin, which shows clearly the traces of history and combines it with clear and modern architecture.

Due to its opening there was a change concert ... concert musicians, dancers and audience moved from room to room. Beautiful, amazing, sunny, invigorating, joyful experience ... just a wonderful experience with very many facets.

Originally written by Kerstin Hack on Sunday, March 08, 2009 @ 22:27

Action Artist Hack

No, I'm not related to the action artist Joseph Herman Hack despite the same surname. But his art - including the "indictment" and the tents of the "Climate Refugee Camp", described as slogans such as "God bless Allah" "Breads Army Fraction" "UN-fair" (in the UN blue) and "Social refrigeration against global warming" which is currently before the Brandenburg Gate to be seen, I will perhaps visit this week. A video about this can be found here.

Orginally written by Kerstin Hack on Monday, January 26, 2009 @ 21:22

Short Night of the Museums

My third Intention (No. 1 = lightness, No. 2 = per newly bought book reading an old one) is: 1 to 2 times a month I would like to go to one of about 20 national museums on Thursday evening. I like museums and Thursday are the last four hours opening time for free ... what is simply beautiful. Today I was with a friend, who very spontaneously decided to accompany me, in the ethnographic museum, Department of North American Indians. Mostly has fascinated me a rain skin, the Eskimos (actually stood there, but I believe Inuit is now politically correct) had sewn from seal intestines. Makes sense: The furs, which they otherwise wore, suck when it rains quite full, and then probably be very heavy - therefore is a rain skin not a stupid idea. And that skin was also made quite stylish!

Originally written by Kerstin Hack on Thursday, January 15, 2009 @ 20:07

2008 - My year in numbers - personally

For me personally, I also have a small list of the highlights of the year.

1 training: Systemic Coaching and Supervision (intense, several seminars)
2 training: process-oriented methods / Nonviolent Communication
2 Special gifts to me: 1 beautiful summer jacket / 1 recumbent bicycle
2 Cultural Highlights: Martha Graham Dance Company, a Mozart opera in the metro
3 new sports: Bollywood dancing, archery course, climbing course
5 for me, new places (or new corners at known places): Vienna, Sweden, Copenhagen, Antwerp, East Portugal, Rheingau
8 readings and cinema visits - cherry blossoms was my personal favorite, and a reading by Mary Karr (author of "The Liar's Club")
10 stories and read biographies: Highlight Dreams from my father (Barak Obama)
10 inspiration and spiritual books: Highlight: The Shack, A long obedience in the same direction (Eugene Peterson), Velvet Elvis / Sex God (both: Rob Bell)
13 training books read: Highlights: Nonviolent Communication (Marshall Rosenberg), Rich Dad - Poor Dad (Robert Kiyosaki), Energy Competence (Verena Steiner)
20 Issue visit: photography, art, museums. Highlights: Farina Fragrance Museum (Cologne), Vardi Kahana (portrait of an israel. big family, from liberal to ultra-Orthodox Israeli) ...
+ ..... Countless beautiful, interesting, deep, sad, funny encounters, and Café - Restaurant and visits with people who are important to me. A full, rich year!

Originally written by Kerstin Hack Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 08:22

All You Need Is Love

Steve Turner, whose thoughtful and thorough book IMAGINE. Christians in art, music and media, I've published in German has written to me that his book about the Beatles is available in German now - printed by another publisher. Although I have not yet read the book, but because I know how well Steve researches, writes and thinks, I can recommend to all fans of the Beatles .

Originally written by Kerstin Hack on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 @ 13:51

Lousiana

One of the highlights of my trip was the visit to Louisiana - in Denmark, in the picturesque village of Humlebaek. Lousiana is a Museum of Modern Art, which has got, in addition to the main representatives of contemporary art (Miro, Warhol, Picasso ...) and exciting exhibitions - we visited one on contemporary architecture - especially a fantastic location in a beautiful garden with sea views to offer. Everything fits together: Location, design and themes. In the museum shop, there was contemporary design. I would have been able to buy the shop empty, because I liked almost everything. At the end I chose a notebook of Second Future, consisting of old, used charts which will accompany me on small and large expeditions from now on.

Originally written on Tuesday, 5th August 2008