What is Christmas to you? As for me, Christmas is when God left His paradise home. This picture is particularly vivid this Christmas after reading the book “Die Weisheit der Lilien” by Weifan Wang. A book that I encountered in a public bookcase not long ago. “When Adam left paradise, we human began to feelthe …
Month: December 2023
Today I accompanied 3 funerals on the organ. It was a very special day to accompany funeral on 19.12. Around 90% of the funerals that I played, bereaved families wish to have Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s “Von guten Mächten” (By Gracious Power) at the funeral. This poem is originally written for his fiancée Maria von Wedemeyer-Weller, in …
Besides my “around the world” and “non-fiction” reading plans, I also joined another two book challenges with my Instagram book friends. The challenges are “Kindle Crush Challenge” and “Neglected Faithfuls”. The “neglected faithfuls” challenge is to read the forgotten or neglected favourite author. I would like to read C.S. Lewis’ Narnia, his non-fiction books, also …
This year, every area that I felt confidence and I failed everywhere. Like the visa, unbelievable, the foreign office still asking me to provide new evidence, soon it will be 6 months since I submitted my application. I thought my financial situation is better than last year would be helpful for prolong my working visa, …
Do you read non-fiction? What is your reason of reading non-fiction? As for me, I have many questions, luckily there are people out there also having the same questions like me, some of them even wrote books to provide me some answers. These books are often non-fiction. I read non-fiction to find answers to my …
“Every Foreign Country a Homeland, Every Homeland a Foreign Country”, is my life motto. And this article by Gordon W. Lothrop shaped my perspective when I was younger. Every time I travel to new place, learning new things, reading new books, I am asking the question:“How do we treasure difference and yet find common values?” …
„With white wings fluttering across the sea“„Mit weißen Flügeln meerüberflatternde“ Der Gesang der OkeanidenHeinrich Heine In Hamburg, I stood on a bridge, watched seagulls fly and I think of this verse by Heinrich Heine. A verse from his poem „Der Gesang der Okeaniden“. „Meerüberflatternd“ Am I? Are you? I took an early train and luckily …
Christmas Market Winterreise Bench Hot balloon traveller View from Max-Joseph-Platz Frauenkirche Chandelier in Frauenkirche Munich streetscape Liebighof im Lehel restaurant Marienplatz Note:If you enjoyed my pictures, you can encourage me by buying me a cup of hot drink via:https://ko-fi.com/thejourneywriterThank you very much!
April 15, 2021. In the blog post “蒹葭 / Reed / Schilf” I compare four poems and songs with the similar idea, that is, “my beloved is across the water, so close yet unreachable.” Water as symbol for obstacle that can not be overcome. The poems I compared were: Chinese Folk Poem – 《诗经 . …