Paulo Coelho in recent interview

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from the flea market with love

"They're so thin You can almost see right through them" my son said...

"Awww!"

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the... blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!"

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~ Jack Kerouac

assignment to save the world

try walking in my shoes

emotional landscapes

letter shared

Dear Anni,

one could think: "How is this possible, that this tree grows on solid rock?" This is about life. First some happenings in life are looking like a barrier or stumbling block ...Then it is used as a secure and nearly indestructible foundation for building the flourishing tree of our life. Things that seem at first to be able to slow down our growth may one day turn into useful partners to establish a solid base for spiritual and material good fortune.

According to your mentioned "I-didn't-want-to-say-but-somehow-said...but-don't-know why?"-thing/story: What I just wanted to say/share...

... about (learned lessons of) life:

1. Trust your heart... because you have a good one.
2. You should live your life.There is nobody who could do this for you.
3. The most beautiful roses grow in sunny places... but not... for example... in the shadow of an excessive blooming magnolia tree.
4. Sometimes life is prooving/showing to us, if we've really learned a lesson and are ready to go to "next level" or... or if we need/want to repeat similar experiences to even... deepen the experience.
5. It is said, that: "there are two sections in human life, where everything and seemingly the most brutal behavior seems to be allowed: "one is WAR, the other is (conditional) LOVE " (I forgot who said it, but I guess it's true)
6. Humour... is according to all of this the easiest way to handle this heavy stuff.
7. ...hmmm... the most hard to handle character I ever met and learned to know better was... me...
8. ... on the other hand: all the peace, love, freedom, grace... I tried to find "outside" all the time I find more and more often "appearing" at least in MY SELF... somehow...
9. ... with a lot of help from teachers and G.O.D.
10. Hopefully this helps you a little or lets you... just smile! :-)

Namaste

Love, Light and Peace,

Antero

?mothership?

No, just the ballroom ceiling at hotel Scandic Continental, Helsinki.

"I'd rather clean 50 toilets in a row, than wipe those crystals." my colleague said.

I would have to agree.

G.O.D

you have to take a piss somewhere

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spots

“I've got spots; I've got stripes, too.” ~ Ani DiFranco

Ludgate Hill - Top to Bottom

Rebecka Kanto

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This little cardboard house leads a life totally of its own. On every floor of the house on Ludgate Hill dwells a mystery. Why is the landlord suddenly fainting? Why does the little girl visiting the shop on the bottomfloor together with her mother look so frightened? What about the couple that outwardly seem to be living a very fortunate life - why the distance inbetween them? Is the courtesan renting a room on the top floor having second thoughts about her life? And why is the hobo hiding in the attic looking to the sky as if he desperately needed a miracle?

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Rebecka Kanto, the young artist making these fabulous creations, says she does a lot of research on victorian lifestyle before she starts a new house - this is not the only one! No doubt. Looking more closely at the photographs hanging on the walls of this very specific house You can even find her own family represented on tiny, tiny portraits dressed in clothing typical for the victorian period in time. During the Open House-exhibition at Night of Arts in Vasa the artist herself with her entire clan showed up in epoque characteristic dresses themselves aswell!

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I will have to say I admire her enthusiasm, persistence and precision!