Bin Samstag Abend voll ins Fettnäpfchen getreten... ! Sono italiana - non posso essere diplomatica! Après j'ai décidé de ne plus parler que français - c'était beaucoup mieux! Stupid Austrian people! Why can’t I just keep my silly mouth shut? My Italian temperament prevents me from acting diplomatically… acting by the way is not my … Continue reading Desert-ation
Waste desert
There is it again – this senselessness… to many impressions, to many emotions, no issue… absurd senselessness… talking talking talking… what for… pure absurdity... futility....Leave me alone - j'ai le cafard...
My desert
Le désert chez nous - it's a cold one. Feeling ugly, stupid - lourde and emprisonée dans le corps. And one day there is the white snow - a wide empty landscape making you light - élévée - in a waste land. A warm bathing water flows around you, and than by-and-by the warmth itself … Continue reading My desert
STILL in the desert
In the wideness of the desert, in the loneliness of the body, in the emptiness of the mind the contradictory becomes true…
In the desert of fasting
For 36 hours without food - this allows you new sights... onto the world and into your self...Now the fast period has begun - 6 weeks pure vegan food... it's a time of the year I love because of the clarity of the mind and the wellness of the body... the spirits begin to flow...
LENT
Initially the word LENT simply meant spring, and later became associated with the fast. The English word "lent" derives from the Germanic root *langat-tin - today's german "Lenz" - for Spring (specifically Old English lencten; also the Anglo-Saxon name for March - lenct - as the main part of Lent, before Easter, usually occurred in … Continue reading LENT
Faschingdienstag
Faschingskrapfen Mardi Gras: Faschingdienstag, Fetter Dienstag, Fastnachtsdienstag Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day, Fat Tuesday, Terça-feira Gorda, Martedì Grasso, Martes de Carnaval... Fastnacht, Fasnacht, Fasnet Volksetymologisch wird das Wort oft an das althochdeutsche fasta (Fastenzeit) und naht (Nacht, Vorabend) angeschlossen und angegeben, der Name bezeichne ursprünglich nur den Tag vor Beginn der Fastenzeit, ab dem 15. Jahrhundert … Continue reading Faschingdienstag
Mardi Gras
Faschingskrapfen - the traditional Austian Carnival sweet... Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day or Fat Tuesday, Terça-feira Gorda, Martedì Grasso, Martes de Carnaval or in Austrian and Southern German respectively Faschingdienstag, Fastnachtsdienstag, Fetter Dienstag It’s the day before LENT – which begins the next day on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday (Easter). So … Continue reading Mardi Gras
PERSONS behind MASKS and AVATARS
This 5000-year-old Mask of Warka is believed to be the oldest surviving mask. Masks have been used since antiquity for ceremonial, aesthetic, and practical purposes and is worn whenever a person doesn’t want to be recognised – a person hides behind a mask… But what is a PERSON? The word derives from the Latin persona … Continue reading PERSONS behind MASKS and AVATARS
PERSONS behind MASKS and AVATARS
This 5000-year-old Mask of Warka is believed to be the oldest surviving mask. "The whole company, indeed, seemed now deeply to feel that in the costume and bearing of the stranger neither wit nor propriety existed." E. A. POE, The Masque of the Red Death Masks have been used since antiquity for ceremonial, aesthetic, and … Continue reading PERSONS behind MASKS and AVATARS
Meeting of yahoo 360° friends cont.
Tonight we met at DEEWAN's with Mustapha and Ahmed...
This was the Opera Ball
still tired - more coming soon @ my album...
OPERNBALL – dreaming of princesses….
Tonight: Vienna Opera Ball Let's dance Cheers PIC: See my sweet daughter at the dress rehearsal yesterday "Que serve sonhar com princesas, mais que sonhar com a porta da entrada do escritório? Why prefer dreaming of princesses instead of dreaming of the door to the office?" Fernando Pessoa There is nothing wrong of dreaming of … Continue reading OPERNBALL – dreaming of princesses….
Rendez-vous of yahoo 360 friends!
Incredible! We met our Moroccan friend Facilitator today at the Coffee Day in Vienna! See how our first meeting took place... More pics @ my album...
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Der Valentinstag (am 14. Februar des Jahres) gilt in einigen Ländern als Tag der Liebenden. An Popularität gewann er durch den Handel mit Blumen, besonders jedoch durch die umfangreiche Werbung der Floristen. In Europa handelt es sich um einen primär kommerziellen Anlass, der mit traditionellem Brauchtum verbrämt wird, ähnlich dem in den neunziger Jahren populär … Continue reading Happy Valentine’s Day!
Dagmar Travner 