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Intellectual Kitchen

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Frida Kahlo - o4.2o24

[berlin|germany]

#Frida Kahlo #Kahlo #berlin #exhibition #Frida #Artist #Art #Artwork

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Es ist mein 11. Jahrestag auf Tumblr 🥳

#11 year tumblrversary #tumblr milestone

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https://x.com/schreiberhans/status/1755226436732899821?s=12

#Sharp #your life

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Silhouette - o1.2o24

[berlin|germany]

#berlin #germany #silhouttephotography

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standing on the shoulders of giants - o4.2o23

[sofia|bulgaria]

#Bulgaria #Sofia

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Kultur | Berlin 1o.2o23

#Kultur #Zentrum #Berlin #Friedrichshain #VDGB #POV

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Leitfaden | 1o.2o23

#Leitfaden #Konflikte #Problem #Selbstwertgefühl

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I’ll teach you to jump on the wind’s back and then away we go.

- J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

‘Those who don’t jump will never fly’ is a dictum drilled into me from an early age. It’s one I took literally when I learned when parachuting and then later dabbled in sky diving, well before I went into the British army as a combat pilot.

Skydiving provides a unique combination of adrenalin-fuelled exhilaration and perfectly calm tranquillity. While in free fall it’s all about the rush - but once the parachute opens and your heart rate steadies, you’ll take a moment to gaze around you and see the whole world in a new light. It’s beautiful up there, and the experience is about as close to actual flying as humans can actually get.

To the skydiver, ‘flying’ in a plane is akin to ‘swimming’ in a boat. As someone who has flown helicopters I would quible with that simple characterisation but eventually I’m okay to acknowledge there is some truth behind it.

As someone who used to parachute and sky dive as a recreational past time, I can empathise with those skydivers who live for the wind whipping past as they plummet toward the earth during free fall, and the thrill of floating on the air currents once their ‘chutes are safely open. They live on the edge, though not in danger - amid the elements, but not at their mercy.

In skydiving, it is the fear response that gradually weakens. During the precipitous descent, the amply tested parachutist can savour the thrill rather than endure the panic. You may never get rid of the butterflies, but you can teach them how to fly in formation.

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Time-lapse | 1o.2o23

#time lapse

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Colours | Berlin 1o.2o23

#Colours #Berlin #October

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Monuments | Frankfurt/Oder | o9.2o23

#monument #Frankfurt #Oder #CityTrip

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Bauhaus | Dessau o9.2o23

#Dessau #Bauhaus #Design #walter gropius #vasilij kandinskij #architecture

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Bauhaus | Dessau o9.2o23

#Dessau #Bauhaus #Design

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Bauhaus | Dessau o9.2o23

#Bauhaus #Dessau #Design

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Bauhaus | Desssau o9.2o23

#Bauhaus #Dessau #Design