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august '18: falling in love.

the pink panther as a possible omen for what was to come? or was the omen actually a mean-looking skull? what is she talking about?, you might ask. well, dear friend, i am talking about falling in love. which was something that happened to me in august last year ( which now feels like a lifetime ago again... ). remember, in one of my former posts ( i think the frankfurt one a few weeks ago - which actually matches this one in terms of content ), how i randomly hinted that a dude messaged me and asked for a meet-up? and how i was super anxious about the whole prospect, because: stranger ( albeit not entirely, as we had talked quite a bit for a while prior to our meeting ) and me = super shy? in the end, i did take the leap and said yes and agreed to a meeting, telling myself it was a friendly encounter and not interpreting something ulterior into it - like taking photos together, talking more in real life, enjoying our surroundings. a simple getting acquainted. nothing t...

august '18: kohlheck woods.

visitation church in wiesbaden-kohlheck. the church you see above is situated in the sub-district of kohlheck in  wiesbaden-dotzheim , surrounded by post-war residential blocks at the foot of the taunus mountains. the visitation church was erected in 1966 by johannes lackel, a berlin architect, in the style of brutalism. its distinct form is colloquially called 'cue of god' or 'launch pad of the souls' ( which i find super amusing and kind of neat, because a space religion is so much cooler than a conservative and reactionary superstitious power construct ). well, the church often proves that it can be experimental, despite its beliefs, especially so with its representative buildings! in germany you can find many church buildings that stretch the idea of what you would call a quintessential place of worship. to be honest, despite loving the old churches of this world and their dark, dingy, majestic layouts, i do have a pendant for the modern ones, because i feel ...