Looking into a turtle’s eye …
Kaloko-Honokohau National Park, 2015 It’s a place so close to the big noise, but it’s tucked away from the tourist’s visibility. You need to deviate from the main route North, leave your...
Thoughts: about the food chain, the evolution and the parasite
Inspired by Michel Serres’ book »the Parasite« On my morning runs I usually let the thoughts drift and ponder over topics of my concern. The title of the above video »Life is...
Perceptions from the city fringes
Frankfurt, July, 2015 I follow my vision with ambition and perfection, others would say I have traits of a compulsory character. I opened my blog to free me from the constraints of...
When bacteria confuse a living system …
... and antibiotics intervene on top. A mayhem may be the result. We are far to careless and have too little respect for the power of creatures not familiar with us, only...
What do you see: what is foreground, what is background, what shapes your world
Does our experience determine what we see? But what is experience? Is it a diffuse mixture of mindset, intuition, cultural background, social upbringing - individually and societal? Do my experiences express my...
Why lifestyle is so essential – a view from upfront genetics
This article I dedicate to Linda Scattolin alias Fi Xie. She died in a bike crash this spring in South Africa. She was a triathlete and a scientist. She loved to read...
The boundaries make the difference
Only boundaries permit us to perceive. Perception thus, is nothing more than an act of discrimination, isn't it... The contours we draw through the world around us let our own environment emerge....
Healthy and happy bodies sing and dance …
This title may sound a bit bizarre to you. But don't we all know this urge to sing and move, if we are happy? When we sing and dance, we may sometimes...
My greatest weakness – slowness
Strange, as I am getting older I feel that - what ever I am doing - I am moving faster and faster. That does not apply to my body, really that can't...
Lesions make the underneath visible not more
Does it really mean we know how things function, if we remove the surface? Does an injury that destroys one layer tell us what is going on underneath, how the next layer...