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4891 II—In this variant of the original work, visual elements have been slightly altered.The background features a modified depiction of an East German capital. This work belongs to a series that draws on literary themes and figures, exploring diverse subjects through three dimensions.[A] The combination of visual objects in the picture form the theme which is as fictitious as the literary source. [B] In addition, this combination may result in a new subject or an invented word through an equally pronounced but differently spelled word combination, as well as through a differently...


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View from my kitchen window: Sky at sunrise in February, one of various variants of “Behind the Curtain.” A characteristic of these variants are the recurring electricity pylons (in varying numbers), which—like the trees, when visible—stand for life energy in a figurative sense.The purple moon, a rare lunar phenomenon, has always been the subject of many myths. In addition to spirituality, magic and mystery, it also symbolizes creativity and originality. In terms of spiritual transformation, the purple moon is a reminder that even in the darkest of times we can find the light...


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View from my kitchen window: Sky at sunrise in February, one of various variants of “Behind the Curtain.” A characteristic of these variants are the recurring electricity pylons (in varying numbers), which—like the trees, when visible—stand for life energy in a figurative sense. Take the theme "Purple Moon" Isis, delete the second "i" from the name of the goddess, and you end up with the "International Space Station" (ISS), which orbits the Earth about every thirty minutes at an altitude of 400 kilometers from west to east at a speed of 29,000 kilometers per hour. Instead...


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View from my kitchen window: Sky at sunrise in February, one of various variants of “Behind the Curtain.” A characteristic of these variants are the recurring electricity pylons (in varying numbers), which—like the trees, when visible—stand for life energy in a figurative sense. Via "Purple Moon" Isis to the ISS to the third Purple Moon theme: Since the space station is manned, it is only natural that an astronaut appears in front of the moon. Thus the original goddess becomes a human being. The photograph is of the early morning sky over Bochum, and the work is therefore...


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View from my kitchen window: Sky at sunrise in February, one of various variants of “Behind the Curtain.” A characteristic of these variants are the recurring electricity pylons (in varying numbers), which—like the trees, when visible—stand for life energy in a figurative sense. Images evoke images. The morning look out of the window into the silence of the morning, into the stillness of the red morning sky, brings back memories. It is amazing what kind of memories they can be. On this morning, it is a scene from one of the relaxation areas at the Tate Modern in London....


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This personalized variation of “Awesome Thing” also draws on the star theme. Logical, because it has been proven that we humans are nothing more than stardust, a (scientific) realization that Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young already expressed in their song “Woodstock” back in 1969: “...We are stardust, we are golden. We are billion year old carbon...” By integrating the image of the earth into the sequence of letters ‘b-d-a-y’ and placing it visually in the foreground, the appreciation of a past elementary event is created. A birth-day/b-earth-day (bˈɜːθde͡ɪ)...


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View from my kitchen window: Sky at sunrise in February, one of various variants of “Behind the Curtain.” A characteristic of these variants are the recurring electricity pylons (in varying numbers), which—like the trees, when visible—stand for life energy in a figurative sense.The disappearing moon, which merges with the sun, generates the image of a time of high humidity and persistent heavy rainfall in the composition of the two terms 'moon' and 'sun', excluding one of its two 'o's—the 'Monsun' in German (monsoon)…a play on words in the face of the dawn picture.The...


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View from my kitchen window: Sky at sunrise in February, one of various variants of "Behind the Curtain." A characteristic of these variants are the recurring electricity pylons (in varying numbers), which—like the trees, when visible—stand for life energy in a figurative sense. Continuing the 'view from the kitchen window' theme—the time between 4 and 6 a.m. (either I wasn't in bed by then or I was already up again) is the best time of day for me, with the exception of the winter months. In a gadda da vida” is said to have originally been ‘In the garden of Eden’....


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This collection is a kind of add-on to “beware the hog” and presents a variety of transformations that result from the exchange of a single letter in the title phrase.The warning signs are not really to be taken seriously, although one or two could well be real—“beware of dog” is a common warning, but not really in the ambiguity presented here. Since the term is sometimes based on more than two meanings by changing the initial letter, in these cases there are two signs with the same title. The individual signs should not be overloaded too much, hence the limitation to two meanings.The...


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The 'SEA' (near the Dutch coast) combined with the technical object in the foreground represents the German meaning 'Dichtkantenring' of the English 'SEAL' and thus a fifth theme.The background is a snapshot from the deck of the ferry Hull - Rotterdam just off the Dutch coast. The work shows another variation of the 'Under Seal' theme  and belongs to the SEA series. The SEA series explores the theme of "SEA" on three levels: visual, written, and sound.[A] The combination of the background of the picture (the sky) and another visual object may evoke an (English) term that is ambiguous...


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