Posts in the category education

august 1st: fahnenschwinger & . . .

a flag twirler in traditional costume with the jungfraujoch on the 1st of august . . .

schweizer fahnenschwinger | a swiss flag twirler

posted 1 August 2024

categories education, photos

toshiko takaezu | artists produce mystery . . .

you are not an artist simply because you paint or sculpt or make pots that cannot be used. an artist is a poet in his or her own medium.& when an artist produces a good piece, that work has mystery,an unsaid quality; it is alive . . .

in my life i see no difference between making […]

posted 18 March 2024

categories design, education

2024: the year of the wood dragon . . .

rat | ox | tiger | rabbit | dragon | snake | horse | goat | monkey | rooster | dog | pig dragon years: 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012 & now 2024 . . .

ny times | ai weiwei’s “zodiac” is a mystical memory tour . . .

npr […]

posted 9 February 2024

categories design, education, photos

flotsam & jetsam . . .

flotsam and jetsam (in german: treibgut oder schwemmgut) are terms that describe two types of marine debris associated with vessels. flotsam is defined as debris in the water that was not deliberately thrown overboard, often as a result from a shipwreck or accident. jetsam describes debris that was deliberately thrown overboard by a crew of […]

posted 21 November 2023

categories design, education, photos

everyday hero exhibit thun . . .

“the aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity & familiarity.”

philosopher ludwig wittgenstein

| everyday hero triptych |

“quite generally, the familiar, just because it is familiar, is not cognitively understood . . .”

“what is ‘familiarly known’ is not properly known, . . .  

just for the […]

posted 21 September 2023

categories design, education, photos