#Stefanie Pietschmann

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The beauty of humans lies in the diversity - it enriches, it challenges and broadens the horizons. Trying to seal ourselves up and to wipe out the colors of life, there will be nothing left but a deep hole of darkness. http://www.pietschy.de/broaden-ones-mind/

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It does not take too much effort to change discomfort, in some instances it simply needs the will to do so.

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"When simplicity generates sophistication." More: http://www.pietschy.de/sophistication/

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"Most of us cannot clear themselves from the fact that we consider possessions as indispensable – no matter how materialistic we think we are. We are what we have or what simply don’t have and therefore we need to protect ourselves from the worse case that the wealth could be taken over by others."

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And what about you? - I need your help for my new photo project about happiness: What makes you happy from the inside on a particular day or in general and why? I will not use any names inside the project, and of course, you can also write me via private message. <3 Find out more here: http://www.pietschy.de/happiness/  #What makes you happy#happiness#life#philosophy#philosophie#photograpy#happinessquotes#beauty#minimalism#zen#meditation#living#zerowaste#beautiful#yoga

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In today’s world, it is often forgotten that there was life before our modern high-speed consumerism and people actually repaired their stuff. www.pietschy.de

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I went to the printing shop since I am happy to announce great news! I participate in the #exhibition »'White City in Full Color' - a personal perspective of this multi-faceted city« where I will show my work "Give it a try" which was taken in Tel Aviv in July 2017. The exhibition will be opened on Thursday the 7th of September at 7 pm (Prima Gallery at Hotel Prima #TelAviv, 105 Hayarkon St. Tel Aviv). You can also find the event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/256319301556064

- The entrance is free! -

Afterward, the exhibition will be opened every day from 9 am to 10 pm and will be shown until the 1st of November 2017.

For more information: http://www.pietschy.de/exhibition-white-city-in-full-color/

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All of our life, we are looking for satisfaction for our needs. We aim to be recognized and therefore we really make an effort with the result, that we do not care about what the recognition is for. And so we attach importance to money, outwardness or status because we assume that this fulfills our deepest need for happiness. This is a farce as we will always need more money, better outwardness, and a higher status since this reputed happiness is based on the competition with who surrounds us. And so it happens, that some of us end with a beautiful and rich shell everybody envies. But in the end, this is worth nothing, if the inside is empty and did not understand, that real happiness can only develop out of itself.

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Pride goes before the fall, and during a lifetime, some of us are falling very deep in desolation. They end in forlornness - a wasteland which prevents anything to see the light of day. It covers the exciting aspects that prevent our lives from monotony with it's thick and dusty layer which rolls over everything trying to thwart it. While its massively sticky coat works to take us the air for breathing and the will for living, there is a glimpse of the will to live paving its way through the thick layers of dust and sand.

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While we believe that our perception of reality is the genuine truth, we forget that its depiction is always depending on the point from which we look at it.

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The human being is not designed to live as a hermit - we are dependent on the existence of others in our lives.

Finding the right people to surround us is quite a tricky and possibly a life-long task. We need to invest time and energy until we can figure out if it is worthy or not. We are obliged to discover whether our vis-à-vis will also stand at our side in the dark times, how serious they are and if we can trust them?

For a working relationship, trust is mandatory. In order to build it up, we put ourselves in a status in which we assume to be almost as crucial for the life of the others as they are for themselves. We hypothesize that they would make an effort to bring a smile to our lips when we are depressed, that they would make sacrifices to help us and that they would carry us on their shoulders if we could not walk anymore.

Probably, we would come from the conclusion that all of our "extraordinary people" would fulfill the favorable characteristics which we attribute to a working relationship because, in the end, it was us, that believe to be in the right position, who decided whom to let in the exclusive circle.

The truth is that the world is full of people with empty words who promise whatever suits the situation and their own best interest. They hide behind their invisible masks and adjust their behavior whenever it is needed to get their benefit. They laugh with us, chill or party with us - but they are the quickest to run away the moment life becomes a bit more complicated. To understand that we were outsmarted and rapidly replaced hurts even more.

But as severe and painful these experiences are, they also show us who really cares and sometimes it can be surprising who unexpectedly shows up to comfort us while we are licking our wounds.

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In our world everything has its counterpart: We assume that there is 'good', so there has to be an 'evil' and if there is 'oppression' there might also be 'autonomy'.

We are in the misery of making free choices in a limited spectrum - a spectrum which is wholly depended on the perspective which we have chosen. We tend to select our viewpoint by the impact our emotions have on us. And once we made our stance clear, we like to stick to the known as it offers us so much comfort.

We shy away to question our decision as it might screw up what we had selected as our reality. While we are nestled in our comfort zone, we forget that a confrontation might open the door to a thrilling new world.

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Events might be forgotten over time but they still shape what they surround.

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As much as sparkles are appealing our attention, yielding to the temptation of devotion might save us from the trap which is waiting behind the attractive camouflage.

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When it feels like losing the ground below the feet, taking a time-out to reconsider the situation might be the only promising option. 

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Most people find it hard to invest the strength needed to fight against the fear of “the other”. It is uncomfortable to deal with “the unknown” as it includes to deal with oneself. But there is a high possibility that a fresh perspective changes the now to an affirmative long-term transition. http://www.pietschy.de/perspective/