°•☆▪ “The world before us is a postcard, and I imagine the story we are writing on it.”― Mary E. Pearson in “The Miles Between” ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ sᴇɴᴅ ᴏғғ ᴀ ᴘᴏsᴛᴄᴀʀᴅ ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ, ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ᴏɴ ɪᴛ?•°☆▪ About the author: www.story-photographer.com
°•☆• The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and others have such an impact on how we go through our day. And on how we get on with other people. Pʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜs ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴜs ᴛᴏ ғᴏᴄᴜs ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴠᴇ, ᴏᴜʀ Hɪɢʜʟɪɢʜᴛs, ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛɪғᴜʟ ᴏғ ᴏᴜʀ ᴅᴀʏ. Wʜᴇɴ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴀᴍᴇʀᴀ ᴏɴ ᴍᴇ, I ʟᴏᴏᴋ
°• ☆ capture what makes you feel like in a story of a movie today •°♡ About the author: www.story-photographer.com
Klick hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten “The world before us is a postcard, and I imagine the story we are writing on it.” ― Mary E. Pearson in “The Miles Between” For my new photo project „A day in your life” I have had postcards printed and have started
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°•☆• Took some pictures of @thetraumaartist and her son for the photo project for @save_newhamcityfarm. The farm has been closed down and it’s such a loss for the area. Pip has created the artworks for the campaign to save the farm and she and her son can’t wait to have “alpaca picnics” at the farm again soon. Let’s
°•☆• For my new photo project „A day in your life” I have had postcards printed and have started placing them in shops and coffee places in London. I also had the opportunity to practice thinking positively.The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and others have such an impact on how we go through our
°•☆ • Walking on rainbow colours ???? °☆•° About the author: www.story-photographer.com
“Tʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴏғ ғɪɴᴅɪɴɢ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛʏ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴜᴍʙʟᴇsᴛ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴍᴀᴋᴇs ʜᴏᴍᴇ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪғᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇʟʏ.” (- by writer Louisa May Alcott) °﹒✰ ‧ What will you discover today? Have a close look around you when going about your ordinary business today. °•☆• About the author: www.story-photographer.com
“Walking the streets with camera in hand is akin to being on a treasure hunt as a child.” (- photographer Christopher Paul Flateau) °•☆▪What were the highlights of your week? ♡ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ᴅᴇᴛᴀɪʟs ʙʀɪɢʜᴛᴇɴ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴅᴀʏ. Wʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴs ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs sᴛᴜғғ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ???? “Walking the streets
“Life is not about waiting for storms to pass but learning to dance in the rain. The purpose is not waiting for the whole journey to be mapped out before taking the first step of faith but instead embracing the road we walk on today.” (- pastor Amy Stott @stlukes_e16 in last Sunday’s sermon.) °☆• My
Klick hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten One of the most important reasons why I came up with the “A day in your life” project is, that I hope to encourage us (me included) to appreciate what we have and who we are today. This is so essential for living.
*>> ᵀᴴᴱᴿᴱ ᴵˢ ˢᴼ ᴹᵁᶜᴴ ᵀᴼ ᴸᴱᴬᴿᴺ ᶠᴿᴼᴹ ᴬᵀᴴᴸᴱᵀᴱˢ. ᴱˢᴾᴱᶜᴵᴬᴸᴸᵞ ᴴᴼᵂ ᵀᴴᴱᵞ ᴰᴱᴬᴸ ᵂᴵᵀᴴ ˢᴱᵀᴮᴬᶜᴷˢ. ᴬᶠᵀᴱᴿ ᴬᴸᴸ ᵀᴴᴱᵞ ᴬᴿᴱ ᵀᴿᵁᴱ ᴱˣᴾᴱᴿᵀˢ ᴵᴺ ᵀᴴᴬᵀ ᴹᴬᵀᵀᴱᴿ ᴮᴱᶜᴬᵁˢᴱ ᵀᴴᴱᵞ ᴳᴱᵀ ᵀᴼ ᴾᴿᴬᶜᵀᴵˢᴱ ᴰᴱᴬᴸᴵᴺᴳ ᵂᴵᵀᴴ ᵀᴴᴱᴹ ᴼᴺ ᴬ ᴿᴱᴳᵁᴸᴬᴿ ᴮᴬˢᴵˢ. “Kᴇᴇᴘɪɴɢ ᴄᴀʟᴍ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ sᴛᴀʏɪɴɢ ғᴏᴄᴜssᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴍʏ ɢᴏᴀʟ, ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠɪɴɢ ɪɴ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ɪᴛ ᴄᴏɴsᴛᴀɴᴛʟʏ ” , ˢᵃʸˢ
°☆▪ Wʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇs ʏᴏᴜ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴇᴘʟʏ?“Take a deep breath and pause for one minute without doing anything! There did you feel the magic?” – Avijeet DasPʀᴏʙʟᴇᴍs ᴡɪʟʟ ᴘᴀss ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ. ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛs ᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴏ sᴛᴀʏ.«« •• About the author: www.story-photographer.com
°•☆▪ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴡᴀɪᴛ ғᴏʀ ʜᴏʟɪᴅᴀʏs ᴏʀ ᴀ sᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴘɪᴄᴋ ᴜᴘ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴀᴍᴇʀᴀ – Lɪɢʜᴛ ɪs ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴅᴀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇᴠᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ’s ᴀʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ. *☆° If you want to have a personal time capsule, a photostory about your day, head to: www.nadinewilmanns.com/a-day-in-your-life About the author: www.story-photographer.com
Klick hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten One great thing about having a camera on you: whatever happens (or whatever doesn`t happen), there`ll always be opportunities for pictures. However eventless or mundane our day may be, we still can document what we see and how we feel with our camera.
•°☆•“April has never meant much to me, autumn seems to be that season of beginning, of spring.” (- Breakfast at Tiffany`s by Truman Capote) Klick hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten This is one of my favourite quotes from the book “Breakfast at Tiffany`s” by Truman Capote, one of my
•°☆• Tʜᴇ ᴀɪʀ ʜᴀs sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ sᴍᴇʟʟ ʟɪᴋᴇ Aᴜᴛᴜᴍɴ ɴᴏᴡ. Dᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ғᴇᴇʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀ ᴏғ ɴᴇᴡ ʙᴇɢɪɴɴɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ, ᴛᴏᴏ?Don’ t miss out on capturing this special season ????▪°☆• About the author: www.story-photographer.com
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Klick hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten •°☆• ” Walk away from the ocean and look for a swimming pool. ” (- Seth Godin) As creatives, as well as human beings, it`s so important to understand – and accept – that our work is not for everyone. That`s in fact
•°☆• ” ᴮᴱᶜᴬᵁˢᴱ ᴼᶠ ᵞᴼᵁᴿ ˢᴹᴵᴸᴱ ᵞᴼᵁ ᴹᴬᴷᴱ ᴸᴵᶠᴱ ᴹᴼᴿᴱ ᴮᴱᴬᵁᵀᴵᶠᵁᴸ. ” (by Thich Nhat Hanh) Klick hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten “Some of the best, most interesting photo essays and stories you`re going to find are your neighbors, your family, and the things in everyday life. (…) The
Klick hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten It`s my birthday tomorrow and I usually like to give myself a task for the new year ahead. This year, I want to truly challenge myself to “shine, and go with the flow”. I want to keep this in mind when things don`t
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•*>> In his interview, singer Joe Vox said something rather interesting about creativity: „As a creative you don‘t need the perfect circumstances- on the contrary: striving for too much perfection is often counterproductive, because you constantly blame your circumstances as not good enough- and in the end you won’t produce anything at all. You can
Klick hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten Do you wonder how to slow down time? Or how to get more out of the moments that just keep coming at you and running straight past you? Sometimes hours pass entirely unnoticed instead of waiting on us to properly enjoy… So, I`ve
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°☆▪ ɪs ᴛɪᴍᴇ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ғɪɴᴅ ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢɪɴɢ? Is it something that you think about at all?• TIᗰᗴ IՏ ᗩᒪᗯᗩYՏ ᗪIᖴᖴᗴᖇᗴᑎT. A holiday now will be different than a holiday in five years. A day at work now will be different from a day at work in ten years. It may be entirely different next
•°☆• ” A thing happened, and now it will never un – happen.” (by Helen Macdonalds in “H is for Hawk”) Klick hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten Do you know why you do the job that you do? Do you know “your Why”? What is it that makes you
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°•☆•*•> “ᵂᴱ ᴬᴿᴱ ᴳᴿᴼᵂᴵᴺᴳ ᵂᴵᵀᴴ ᶜᴴᴬᴸᴸᴱᴺᴳᴱˢ ᴬᴺᴰ ᵀᴴᴱᴿᴱᶠᴼᴿᴱ ᵂᴱ ᶜᴬᴺ ᴹᴬˢᵀᴱᴿ ᵀᴴᴱ ᶠᴼᴸᴸᴼᵂᴵᴺᴳ ᴼᴺᴱˢ ᵂᴵᵀᴴ ᴹᴼᴿᴱ ᴱᴬˢᴱ. ᴵ ᴴᴬᵛᴱ ᴮᴱᴱᴺ ᴾᴿᴼᶠᴵᵀᴵᴺᴳ ᴮᴵᴳ ᵀᴵᴹᴱ ᶠᴿᴼᴹ ᴼᵁᴿ ᶠᴿᴵᴱᴺᴰˢᴴᴵᴾ. ᴱᴬᶜᴴ ᴼᴺᴱ ᴼᶠ ᵁˢ ᴵˢ ᴰᴵᶠᶠᴱᴿᴱᴺᵀ, ᵞᴱᵀ ᵂᴱ ᴴᴬᵛᴱ ˢᴼ ᴹᵁᶜᴴ ᴬᴾᴾᴿᴱᶜᴵᴬᵀᴵᴼᴺ ᶠᴼᴿ ᴱᴬᶜᴴ ᴼᵀᴴᴱᴿ. ᵂᴴᴱᴺ ᵀᴴᴱᴿᴱ ᴴᴬᵛᴱᴺ`ᵀ ᴮᴱᴱᴺ ᴵᴺ-ᴾᴱᴿˢᴼᴺ ᵀᴱᴬᴹ ᴰᴬᵞˢ ᴵᴺ ᴬ ᴸᴼᴺᴳ ᵂᴴᴵᴸᴱ, ᵀᴴᴱᴺ ᴵ ᴼᶠᵀᴱᴺ
°•☆▪”We had never planned founding a company. It just happened because we received so manyorders. We have learned a lot about leading a business – tax, finance plan, … And we learned what fairfashion really means: not just the fabric must be sustainably produced, but as well the zip. For ascrunchie you need sustainably produced
°•☆▪ “ᶜᴼᴹᴾᴬᴿᴱᴰ ᵀᴼ ᴮᴱᴵᴺᴳ ᴼᴺ ᵞᴼᵁᴿ ᴼᵂᴺ, ᵀᴴᴱᴿᴱ ᴵˢ ˢᴼ ᴹᵁᶜᴴ ᴹᴼᴿᴱ ᴾᴼˢˢᴵᴮᴸᴱ ᵂᴵᵀᴴ ᴬ ᵀᴱᴬᴹ. ᴵᴺᴵᵀᴵᴬᴸᴸᵞ, ᴵ ᴰᴵᴰᴺ`ᵀ ᶠᴵᴺᴰ ᴵᵀ ᴱᴬˢᵞ ᵀᴼ ᴸᴱᵀ ᴳᴼ ᴬᴺᴰ ˢᴴᴬᴿᴱ ᴹᵞ „ᴮᴬᴮᵞ“, ᴹᵞ ᴾᴿᴼᴶᴱᶜᵀ „ᴴᴱᴿᶻˢᵀᴬ̈ᴿᴷᴱᴺᴰ“ , ᵂᴵᵀᴴ ᴼᵀᴴᴱᴿˢ. ᴮᵁᵀ ᴺᴼᵂ ᴵ ᵂᴼᵁᴸᴰ ᴰᴼ ᵀᴴᴬᵀ ᵂᴵᵀᴴ ᴱᵛᴱᴿᵞ ᴾᴿᴼᴶᴱᶜᵀ ᴵ ˢᵀᴬᴿᵀ: ᵂᴼᴿᴷ ᵂᴵᵀᴴ ᴬ ᵀᴱᴬᴹ.” – Mira/ @herzstaerkend . Rᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴜʟʟ
°☆▪ ғɪᴠᴇ ɢɪʀʟs – ᴏɴᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ sɪᴅᴇ-ʜᴜsᴛʟᴇ ʙᴜsɪɴᴇss – @herzstaerkend ! ᕼOᗯ ᑕᗩᑎ TᕼIՏ ᗯOᖇK? “We all are team players, and we can all be quiet and listen. No one is stubborn and everyone is willing to take a step back now and then, and put the team first.” – Mira, founder of herzstärkend. Read the
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Klick hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten Recently, I´ve written an article in the beautiful Sis-Magazine about celebrating our highlights by photographing moments of our day, every day. Admittedly, especially when you don`t live in a picture-beautiful home and if your day is full of work in front of the
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°☆• What prop would you bring to a photoshoot? What tells a little story about you, about your dreams and about what makes you be yourself? ♡ About the author: www.story-photographer.com
•°☆• I‘m aiming to b back in London next week (it’s crazy how fast time flies…) and I hope to see you there in a personal photo session with me! Pretty cars, bicycles, and other props are welcome 😉 Just send me a message via Insta Direct message, call me, or email hi@story-photographer.com •°☆• About
°☆▪ I’ve found myself out of my comfort zone quite often lately. And it’s certainly not like some make it out to be: when you take courage, things won’t be as bad or scary as you expected. Sometimes it is not as bad, yes, but sometimes it is, and sometimes it’s even worse. I’ve had
°﹒✰ ‧ “About 15 years ago, I wouldn`t have thought of myself as any good in sales. Until I learned what selling actually means: human exchange. From then on, I started to love it. Because I see the value in it. I have stopped looking at it in a negative way but started to appreciate
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°☆▪ “There are many platforms for creatives. However, they aren`t run by the creatives themselves. I find it more beneficial, if a platform isn’t just enabling creatives to introduce themselves, but if it allows the creatives to shape and influence it. That makes more sense to me. Our concept store FYRA collective is kind of
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•°☆• “Visualization is daydreaming with a purpose.” (by Bo Bennett) Klick hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten This week, I had two photoshoots. One of them was a portrait shoot and I thought I wouldn`t need a detailed plan, but just be spontaneous. The result was ok but far from
•°☆• “what’s most important is how one sees. The camera itself is merely a tool.” (by Alex Webb) Klick hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten My friend was showing me her camera, that she`s just bought recently. We were just leaving the house to go for a coffee when I
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•°☆• “I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity – all I hope for in my clothes.” (by Yves Saint Laurent) Klick hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten One thing I really cannot stand is wearing jeans that don`t fit me well. Or jeans
•°☆• “what’s most important is how one sees. The camera itself is merely a tool.” (by Alex Webb) Klick hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten When chatting with photographer Christof Sage about photography the other day, he showed me some portraits of himself. And he brought me one magazine where
Klicke hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten •°☆ ▪ During the past few weeks, I have often been reminded of an advice that has helped me a great deal when I was a teenager: “Fake it till you make it.” As a kid, I was very shy. And by that,
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°•☆ ▪ᵁᴾᴰᴬᵀᴱᴰ ᴹᵞ ᴾᴼᴿᵀᶠᴼᴸᴵᴼ, ᴰᴼᴺᴱ ᴬ ᶠᴱᵂ ᶜᴴᴬᴺᴳᴱˢ ᵀᴼ ᴹᵞ ᵂᴱᴮˢᴵᵀᴱ, ᴾᴸᴬᶜᴱᴰ ᴳᴼᴼᴳᴸᴱ ᴬᴰˢ, ˢᴱᴺᵀ ᴾᴿᴬᵞᴱᴿˢ, ᴬᴺᴰ ᴺᴼᵂ ᵀᴿᵁˢᵀᴵᴺᴳ ᵀᴴᴬᵀ ᵀᴴᴱ ᴺᴱˣᵀ ᴹᴵᴿᴬᶜᴸᴱ ᴵˢ ᴬᴮᴼᵁᵀ ᵀᴼ ᶜᴼᴹᴱ ᴹᵞ ᵂᴬᵞ. ʲᵘˢᵗ ᶜᵃᵐᵉ ᵃᶜʳᵒˢˢ ᵗʰⁱˢ ᵠᵘᵒᵗᵉ ⁱⁿ ᵐʸ ⁿᵒᵗᵉˢ: “ᴅᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ᴀғʀᴀɪᴅ ᴏғ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʏᴏᴜ’ʟʟ ɢᴇᴛ ʟᴇss ᴀғʀᴀɪᴅ. YOᑌ ᑕᗩᑎ’T
Klick hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten “This year may have accelerated fashion’s compulsion to look ahead in search of a brighter future. TᕼIՏ IՏ, ᗩᖴTᗴᖇ ᗩᒪᒪ, ᗩᑎ IᑎᗪᑌՏTᖇY ᖴIᒪᒪᗴᗪ ᗯITᕼ ᗪᖇᗴᗩᗰᗴᖇՏ.” ( @fiona.sinclair.scott ᴏɴ ᴄɴɴ.ᴄᴏᴍ/style) I wonder whether after this crisis there will be a change in fashion. Whether in
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Klicke hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten A few years back, I couldn`t imagine a time when nobody would ask me about my age anymore when buying cigarettes. Well, I guess, this time has now come. It reminds me though: If I want to reach the dreams that I have
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Klicke hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten The other week I`ve written a guest blogpost: A review on a book by Hiltrud Enders called (translated) “Joy in seeing”. To read the review in German click here on fotografr.de The book is about attentive seeing, about engaging with what is there right now
Klicke hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten Often, I think: “Man, why don`t I seem to be able to figure out some genius plan for my career?” However, thinking about it, it seems smarter to me to just take and engage in one step at a time. To trust the
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It`s not the subject that makes a photograph, it`s the light. It was only when I understood this very basic idea, that my everyday photography has gotten so much richer and more interesting, too. I`ve written a guest blog post about this on the beautiful photography blog of Sheen Watkins Aperture and Light. To read
Klick hier für den Text auf deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten. Would you like to release a crazy amount of joy and fun in your work? I might just have the secret for you. Well, it certainly works for me at the moment. So here`s the trick: Dream big and set yourself a ridiculously
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Klick hier für den Text auf deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten When having a special, good feeling, have your camera with you. In my experience, I tend to see more when I feel good and a bit emotional. As well, I tend to be more compassionate, attentive, and open which is so important for
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How hard times can help your photography •°☆• Head to www.fotografr.de to read the original, German version of the Lockdown Photography post. Die originale Version dieses Posts auf Deutsch, “Lockdown-Fotografie”, wurde auf dem bekannten Fotoblog www.fotografr.de veröffentlicht. Hier ist die englische Übersetzung: Do you recall the last days before your personal Corona lockdown? I remember them
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Klick hier für den Text auf deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten As we enter the new year, it`s a good time to go through all our photos of this year. Of course, to reflect on the past twelve months. But as well to see how we grew as artists and to motivate us to
Klick hier für den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten This life, don`t say „I can do that later” to something that you fancy doing if you have the possibility to do it now. Even more, if it’s of importance to you. Because in my experience, I regret mostly what I haven`t done.