Beyond words and places

In my blog I want to combine writing and photography. Pictures are used to illustrate the message of texts. However, my main concern is to approach frontiers of language and the world around us. What is behind the things we do, see and feel? The invisible is often more intriguing than the obvious.

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Living and walking around

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We walk streets, forests and fields being under the influence of our thoughts and the things around us. Our thoughts are as versatile as...

Black and white is bright

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Are black and white photos better and more expressive than color photos? Black and white is bright. This rhyme entered my mind whil...

Time

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Another year has passed. 2018 is just a number left behind in a numerous crowd out of which it might later rise again, like other years ...

Ambivalence

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We have the tendency to strive for clear definitions, characterizations, assessments.  This doesn’t only help us to (seemingly) find...

People

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The banner above I found in a Jamaican bar at a beach in Kingston about 10 years ago. Although I instinctively agreed with its message...
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Live this picture!

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The title of this post is taken from yesterday's Instagram comment on this picture. My first reaction: Clear message! Try to look fo...

Language (s)trip

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Day after day we use language in all kinds of situations. We often notice that words alone can  rarely express, what happens, what we feel...
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Matthias Oertel
Ich komme aus Deutschland, habe jedoch auch viele Jahre in Finnland gelebt. Seit 2019 wohne ich im Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald. Bis vor kurzem habe ich als Lehrer gearbeitet. Jetzt bin ich im Ruhestand. Das Anliegen dieses Blogs besteht nicht darin, Interesse an schönen Plätzen zu wecken, um auch diese zukünftig Besucherströmen auszusetzen. Jeder sucht auf seine eigene Art Stille und Schönheit. Gerade deshalb werden uns sicher Stille und Schönheit auch in der Zukunft erhalten bleiben. Dieser Blog soll einen kleinen Teil dazu beitragen.
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