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Petra Likes
petralikes.blogspot.com
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this blog is about the things I like and find inspiring and therefore want to share, mainly photography, probably lots of photography, graphic design and art. it is a work in progress and I fully expect it to be all over the place.
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berlin wordless

19 h ago

carefree, part I

Back from a whirlwind trip to Berlin… and lots to digest. Out of the roughly 64 hours I spent there I slept for about 12 hours, talked for at least 24 hours, ate for about 8 hours, and walked around ...

1 day ago

off again

... too tired and dusty and hungry to do much, so Im off again, this time to bed...

2 days ago

off

... to Berlin!“Living in cities is an art, and we need the vocabulary of art, of style, to describe the peculiar relationship between man and material that exists in the continual creative play of ur...

5 days ago

on feminism

Hila from Le Projet dAmour wrote another superb article On feminism, a topic very close to my heart. I can only urge  you to read it (here).

6 days ago

around the world

Spanish artist Sergio AlbiacSouth African artist Marlene DumasFrench artist Eric LacombeAmerican artist Matsumi KanemitsuHungarian artist Melinda MatyasFrench artist Virginie Bocaert

24 may 12

impatient

Just this morning I came across photographer Nick Turpin’s website – very much worth a visit – and read one of his articles called ‘Undefining Street Photography’:Now I understand that Street Photogr...

22 may 12

cheating?

I really like multiple exposures, but I always feel like a cheat doing them myself. There seems to be comparatively little skill involved in simply combining images, especially in the age of Photosho...

21 may 12

wordless

a Sunday trip to the Botanical Garden

20 may 12

one very old toothbrush

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.CiceroThis morning, I very spontaneously decided to take a day trip to meet up with my cousin to visit another place that is not quite home. Not the place I’m bit...

18 may 12

minimizing

I sometimes miss my vintage 1970s tiled coffee table. I also sometimes miss my not so vintage Ikea wannabe tulip table.via Both are in storage for over a year now. Together with almost everything els...

17 may 12

justifications

I lost a week.Not sure when, or how, or if it matters, but somehow I lost a week.The next deadline, also known as departure date, is only five weeks away. Not six. Minus two days, because it’s Wednes...

16 may 12

done, done, done, done…

… and rested, and freshly puffed, polished, painted, shaven and dyed. I’m done. Despite doubt, reluctance, unwillingness, procrastination, you name it, I am done. I haven’t written much about what’s ...

14 may 12

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All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.Anatol France

13 may 12

around the world

Korean artist Steve KimUkrainian artist Pavel GuzenkoAmerican artist Dave KinseyFrench artist Charlotte Caron

12 may 12

I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love. ~ William Butler Yeats

11 may 12

braindead

My shins are covered in bruises. I look like a spotted hyena from my knees downwards. In the shower this morning, I spent 20 minutes coming up with search words to google the kind of rare cancer that...

10 may 12

avoidance anyone?

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09 may 12

smirks and whispers

The story about the pizza. In retrospect I think it was significant. Maybe not only the story about the pizza. Other similar stories as well. It’s just the one that sticks out, the one I remember bes...

09 may 12

and because Im such a hypocrite...

... after just having complained about the flowers, and the sunsets, and the green stuff everywhere, I now post more pictures of... flowers. And not just any flowers. No! They have to be pink and gir...

08 may 12

1.5 blades of grass, 5 cigarette butts and 2 empty cans of beer

Pretty as they may be, I am getting tired of only taking pictures of flowers and sunsets and walks through the woods. ‘The grass is always greener on the other side’ – well, right now it feels like t...

08 may 12

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Why did I allow myself to be bored ever in the past and to compensate for it got high or drunk or rages or all the tricks people have because they want anything but serene understanding of just what ...

08 may 12

the end of spring?

If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. ~Nadine StairAfter waiting for it for ages it sure feels like spring came and went in ...

07 may 12

lately

Work, work, work... and the occasional mental health walk, increasingly through rain instead of basking in sunshine...Five more days...

07 may 12

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06 may 12

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05 may 12

a clarification...

… to yesterday’s post about authenticity in the blogosphere. I think most people sort of got what I wanted to say, so this might not be necessary, but some people thought me judgemental. And because ...

05 may 12

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Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard w...

04 may 12

regret...

… struggles and authenticity seem to be up-and-coming blogging themes. Understandably so. A lot of people have pointed out that the picture perfect lives bloggers seem to lead, or rather broadcast, c...

04 may 12

another book

I read a lot of Kafka, not that there is a lot to read, unfortunately, in my late teens and early twenties. The time when you read Kafka like you drink red wine or smoke. Because you think it is part...

03 may 12

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