Month: July 2017

The Long Gun and the Skull

Photographer Unknown, (The Long Gun and the Skull)

“We take a word, such as freedom, and dress it up to mean the ability to bear firearms, display flags, collect rainwater or grow clean food, but absolute freedom is not a relative construct. It is not there one minute or outlawed the next. It can never be seized or given. It is ever-lasting and omnipresent.”
― Anita B. Sulser PhD, We Are One

 

La Rochelle Band, “Jay Jay”

La Rochelle Band, “Jay Jay”, 2015, from the Album Wonderland

La Rochelle Band is an electro-soul band from Austria. It was formed in 2011 by Austrian music producer Peter Cruseder aka Peter Kreuzer. Kreuzer studied classic and jazz piano as well as song composition at the Anton Bruckner University in Linz. The multi-talent was awarded the Austrian newcomer award in 2010. In 2013 he had the honour of producing the music for the voestalpine Klangwolke alongside Parov Stelar.

La Rochelle Band released their debut album “Shake Late” in 2012 on Kreuzer’s own label Peter Cruseder Records. The band signed to Etage Noir Recordings in the same year, and have since released the “Work That Body” EP, the single “Burning in My Soul” and the “Good Time Tonight” EP on the label. Peter Cruseder composes and produces all of the songs himself. On stage Kreuzer is responsible for electronics and keyboards and is joined by drummer Florian Kasper and singer Ricarda Maria.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

The Rolled Down Band

Photographer  Unknown, (Briefs with the Rolled-Down Band)

“He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced–or seemed to face–the whole eternal world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gasby

 

Max Ernst

Max Ernst, “Naissance d’une Galaxie (Birth of a Galaxy)”, Oil on Canvas, 1969, Beyeler Foundation, Riehen, Switzerland

Closely associated with Surrealism and Dada, Max Ernst made paintings, sculptures, and prints depicting fantastic, nightmarish images that often made reference to anxieties originating in childhood. Ernst demonstrated a profound interest in Freudian psychoanalysis, which is apparent in his exploration of Automatism and his invention of the Frottage technique.

The artist’s psychoanalytic leanings are evident in his iconic 1923 work “Pietà”, or “Revolution by Night”, in which Ernst substitutes the image of Mary cradling the body of Christ with a depiction of the artist himself held by his father. Much of the artist’s work defied societal norms, Christian morality, and the aesthetic standards of Western academic art.

Max Ernst painted “Birth of a Galaxy” in Paris during his second French period.

Aescher Restaurant and Guesthouse

Aescher Restaurant and Guesthouse

This fabulous and magnificent Aescher Hotel is located near Wildkirchli and just below the Ebenalp cliff. Ebenalp is the northernmost peak of the Appenzell Alps of Switzerland. Wildkirchli is a combination of three caves in the Alpstein massif of Appenzell. This marvelous mountain guest-house and hotel was built during 19th century.

Top image taken by Johannes Hulsch and reblogged from his site: http://bokehm0n.tumblr.com