#michael ende momo

[calliopeslyre]

Everyone should read at least one work of his.

Even if you think you‘re too old/it‘s not for you/etc. it doesn’t matter. Read. Momo.

Especially Momo, The Neverending Story and The Mirror in the Mirror are so important to me and should be to others too. Whilst the first two of them are aimed towards children, I believe they still have much value for grownups. The latter though is for adults, but all of them have themes and topics that are still important.

So sorry OP for completely derailing your original post, but you are so right and I‘m just a huge Michael Ende fan!

Every argument I see for why AI art is the next step in creativity reminds me of the Men in Gray from Momo, no joke. It’s almost to the point of parody.

The Men in Gray in Momo tell people that there isn’t enough time, and they have to save the time they have now so they can spend it later and live their best life. Every Pro-AI person I come across while lurking online says that they don’t have the time to develop their art skills, and that AI will pump out more and more art at a fast rate that saves them time to pump out more and more AI art.

The Men in Gray in Momo advocate “saving time” to adults by telling them to cut things out like fun hobbies or friendships that do not give them any financial benefit/personal gain, and as a result the adults in the world become even sadder and more depressed, no one has time to just enjoy life, because their lives are being drained by the Timesaving Bank.

(Children are immune to the Men in Gray because they cannot be convinced that their fun and games are a waste of time. Like the Men in Gray grumble in their board meetings that if not for children, all of mankind would have been under their thumb by now.)

But it isn’t just that: Momo has a friend named Guido who loves making up stories. He becomes a famous writer/storyteller, but thanks to the Men in Gray the demand for his output increases, and he has to resort to hacking his older works into pieces in order to recycle the plots in newer works. He becomes disatisfied with his life, but can’t get out of it. I can assure you if Michael Ende wrote Momo today, he would have had the Men in Gray offer Guido a machine that allows him to create his own stories “in the interest of saving money and time.”

I guess what I’m saying is, more people should read Momo.

[valuing-a-life]

*and some sketches*

Michael Ende "Momo", sketches for book cover /2017

[caostalgia]

Si los hombres supieran lo que es la muerte ya no le tendrían miedo. Y si ya no le tuvieran miedo, nadie podría robarles nunca más su tiempo de vida.

Momo – Michael Ende.

[safedistancefrombeingsmart]

New project for Martin!

The English-language adaptation of Momo, one of the best-loved fantasy books by The Neverending Story writer Michael Ende, has set a buzzy cast, with Alexa Goodall (A Gentleman In Moscow) taking the lead role of the young orphan girl Momo.

The main cast is completed by Araloyin Oshunremi (Top Boy, Heartstopper), Kim Bodnia (Killing Eve, The Witcher), Claes Bang (The Square), Laura Haddock (The Recruit, Transformers: The Last Knight), Jennifer Amaka Peterson (The Sandhamn Murders), David Shütter (Charlie’s Angels) and Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, Sherlock).

[jupiterliyazar]

[fujikoi]

MOMO ALLA CONQUISTA DEL TEMPO 2001 | Enzo D'Alò

[sutusevenbimahlukat-deactivated2]

[alena-draws]

Designs for the girl Momo from the same-named book by Michael Ende, for an uni project. I tried out some different face designs, and I think I'll stick with this one! I also might swap the trenchcoat with something more modern, and by that giving the illustrations a bit more present feeling :)

[superconfusedcoryn]

Michael Ende is way to good at describing depression without actually calling it depression I'm losing my mind

[pedromoyaglez]

Character design inspired by the book Momo by Michael Ende. Master Hora ⏰ 🕰️⏳

I imagine him like the author Michael Ende, even though the description of this character in the book is different.

[va-tosca]

Mother 3 fans, this book is for you:

[magicaldogtoto]

If you're into magical girls, you'll like Momo by Michael Ende.

The basic premise is about a girl and her animal companion (sound familiar?) trying to stop the Men in Grey, a group of supernatural beings who extend their lives by stealing time from humanity (they also, not coincidentally, take the form of bankers with grey skin and grey clothes, wearing grey bowler hats and smoking cigars). They do this by convincing people to overwork themselves, under the pretense of saving time, when it really just makes humans unhappy and tired with their lives while the Men in Grey eat the time up and extend their own existence. Their only threat is children, who have all the time in the world and cannot be convinced like adults that they are wasting time by playing games and having fun... so the Men in Grey work on the adults by telling them to monitor their children's every move, and to cut back on "wasteful" things like fun games and art so the children will be dedicated to overworking themselves as adults. The whole book has a very fantastical, dreamy kind of lore that you see in magical girl stories.

[valuing-a-life]

my illustrations for «Momo» by Michael Ende /2017 illustrations with Momo, Men in Grey and Master Hora (and Cassiopeia) for half-titles

[iweon]

"We no longer have time for feelings, romanticism or imagination", said Michael Ende. "My story of Momo takes place in another time, maybe a future, when it's finally recognized we lose out if we don't have time for life".

[stopbeingbored]

Hi @society why don't we read Momo by Michael Ende together and then maybe we can all calm down

[i-can-even-burn-salad]

4. What’s the first book you read in your life?

5. What’s your favorite childhood book?

Thank you for the ask! Something something this ask game.

4. What’s the first book you read in your life?

No fucking clue. But I think this one's a big contender.

5. What’s your favorite childhood book?

I don't really remember many, but here's 3:

Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13 by Michael Ende (This one's in tatters — I had that one before I even knew there was a first part :D)

Die Geschichte von der Schüssel und vom Löffel by Michael Ende

English Jr from Berlitz, with a cassette tape, and a cute little teddy bear who taught me my first English

Unfortunately, I have no idea where the latter two are, or if they got thrown away. Some years back (while clearing out my grandparents' place) my dearest brother went berserk on what used to be my room when I was little, and I did fish a few of my books out of the public paper trash container, but there might have been some I missed — it was midnight and dark 🫤

Bonus mention for Ein Kind entsteht, an (adult) book about pregnancy with pictures of ultrasounds and everything which I was obsessed with when my mother was pregnant with my brother 😅