It can be so frustrating when people use a well-worn phrase and advise you to 'just follow your passion'. Yes, sure, you would love to ... if only you knew what your passion was. Following your passion presupposes that you have one. But many people do not because ... You have too many options. You just desire ...
See for the first Time / Zum ersten mal Sehen / Vendo pela primeira Vez / Viendo por primera Vez
Seeing the reality of your life sounds like it should be easy. But many people hold to a different version. It may be based in regret, disappointment, denial, or just waiting for something better. Failing to connect with reality is why some have pants in the closet that have not fit in years. If you want to ...
Our need for a sense of Unity / Unser Bedürfnis nach Einheit / Nossa necessidade de um senso de Unidade / Nuestra necesidad de un sentido de Unidad
The Earth is not a big rock, infested with living organisms, any more than your skeleton is bones infested with cells. The Earth is geological, yes, but this geological entity grows people. And our existence on the Earth is a symptom of the solar system and its balances as much as the solar system in turn ...
The rules of the game must Change / Die Spielregeln müssen sich Ändern / As regras do jogo devem Mudar / Las reglas del juego deben Cambiar
We seem to be turning nearly every aspect of life into a competition in which somebody must win and somebody must lose. Economics is all about competition, and the way we talk about it now emphasizes winners and losers. This country is taking away our export markets, this country is taking away our jobs, this country is ...
He changed me and then he Left / Er hat mich verändert und ist dann Gegangen / Ele me mudou e então ele Saiu / Me cambió y luego se Fue
I never have the best of luck with relationships so I just have given up on trying to find someone in my life to keep me happy, until one night when everything changed. That name that I will never forget and to this day brings me happiness and sadness all at once. We started that night with ...
1961-05-04 Washington DC, USA / Freedom Riders / Freiheitsreisende / Viajantes da Liberdade / Viajeros de la Libertad
The original group of 13 Freedom Riders - seven African Americans and six whites - left Washington, D.C., on a Greyhound bus on May 4th, 1961. Their plan was to reach New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 17th to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision, which ruled that segregation of the nation’s public schools ...
1987-05-03 Paris, France / Life is unbearable for Me / Das Leben ist unerträglich für Mich / A vida é insuportável para Mim / La vie m’est insupportable
While Dalida was professionally very successful, her private life was marred by a series of failed relationships and personal problems. In January 1967, she took part in the Sanremo Festival with her new lover, Italian singer, songwriter, and actor Luigi Tenco. The song he presented was 'Ciao amore ciao' ('Bye Love, Bye'), which he sang together with Dalida but ...
What is a Man / Was ist ein Mann / O que é um Homem / Qué es un Hombre
A man watches. This is not about quietude so much as collection. It is not about meditation so much as considering. No one taught him this - to be quiet, to cipher, to watch. You can not take your eyes off a man when he is like that. You should not. The hell if you know ...
1994-05-01 Imola, Italy / Someday you will get There / Eines Tages wirst Du es Schaffen / Um dia você chega Lá / Un día tu llegas Allí
Senna was married to Lilian de Vasconcelos Souza from 1981 until 1982. Though he did not have much of an income early in his racing career, Senna insisted on supporting his wife with no help from his father out of a sense of pride. The marriage ended in divorce. Senna then courted Adriane Yamin, daughter of an ...
Give it away and it will come Back / Gib es weg und es wird Wiederkommen / Deixe ir e vai Voltar / Déjalo ir y Volverá
That what I want, basically, what I really want, is what you want. And I don't know what you want ... 'Surprise me'. But that's the kinship between 'I' and 'thou'. So when I ask, I go right down to the question, which we started with: 'What do I want?' The answer is 'I don't know'. ...
They want you to be Poor / Sie möchten, dass du arm bist / Eles querem que você seja Pobre / Quieren que seas Pobre
An ancient piece of common wisdom says the poor get poorer and the rich get richer. The wealth of the rich is the ignorance of the people; in fact, the rich profits from the ignorance of the poor. There is no man that is poor; every man is rich in something. The ‘rich’ are rich in ideas ...
Right side of Wrong / Rechte Seite des Falschen / Lado direito do Errado / Lado derecho del Mal
Maybe things do not happen for a reason. Maybe we are just grasping for ways to make sense of the chaos around us. Maybe we are giving meaning to things that have no meaning. Maybe we are clinging to hope so hard that we forget about reality. What if we are wrong and nothing is meant ...
Don’t say you Know / Sag nicht dass du es Weißt / Não diga que você Sabe / No digas que Sabes
All we can do in this life is walk our own road … no matter how many people tell us which one we should be walking instead. This is the story of that road … and the beauty that comes from knowing that no matter what happens in life, and how many people tell us how ...
2019-04-27 Natal, Brazil / 1999 Publishings / 1999 Veröffentlichungen / 1999 Publicações / 1999 Publicaciones
I was dreamin' when I wrote this -So sue me if I go too fast -But life is just a party -And parties weren't meant to last - War is all around us -My mind says prepare to fight -So if I gotta die -I'm gonna listen to my body tonight - So tonight I'm gonna ...
1983-04-27 Rheydt, Germany / Life out of Balance / Leben aus dem Gleichgewicht / Vida fora de Equilíbrio / Vida fuera de Balance
Koyaanisqatsi attempts to reveal the beauty of the beast! We perceive our World, our way of living, as beautiful because there is nothing else to perceive. If one lives in this World, the globalized World of high technology, all one can see is one layer of commodity piled upon another. In our World the original is the ...
Dream Crazy / Träume Verrückt / Sonhe Louco / Sueñes Loco
Crazy ideas do not always mean a ticket to the Grammys. But maybe tickets to the Grammys only come to those who first chased a crazy idea. Same goes for the Oscar winner, the moon-walker, the airplane-flier, the actor, the president, the single mom with a little book about a boy wizard named Harry. And then there ...
2005-04-26 Preitenegg, Austria / White Nights / Weiße Nächte / Noites Brancas / Le notti Bianche
A lonely young man, Mario, meets a lonely young woman, Natalia. Mario (Marcello Mastroianni) is lonely for social reasons; he is a stranger and a newcomer to town. Natalia (Maria Schell) is lonely because she has always lived in isolation, even in the heart of the city. Her loneliness is intensified because she is in Love with ...
Kinds of human Nature / Arten von menschlicher Natur / Tipos de natureza Humana / Tipos de la naturaleza Humana
What sort of creature is the Human? The obvious answer is a very smart, very talkative, upright ape with a very extreme affection for material possessions. Although we exhibit lots of individual and cultural variations, Humans are animals, and like all animals we have characteristics that distinguish us as a species. An alien would have no ...
Sense of curiosity about Life / Neugier auf das Leben / Senso de curiosidade sobre a Vida / Sentido de curiosidad sobre la Vida
One of the most reliable and overlooked keys to happiness is cultivating and exercising your innate sense of curiosity. That is because curiosity creates an openness to unfamiliar experiences, laying the groundwork for greater opportunities to experience discovery, joy and delight. Curiosity is something that can be nurtured and developed. With practice, you can harness the power ...
The web of Life / Das Netz des Lebens / A teia da Vida / La web de la Vida
Over billions of years of evolution, the Earth's ecosystems have evolved certain principles of organization to sustain the web of life. In the coming decades, the survival of humanity will depend on our ecological literacy – our ability to understand the basic principles of ecology and to live accordingly. Ecoliteracy must become a critical skill for politicians, ...
The intensity of eye Contact / Die Intensität von Augenkontakt / A intensidade do contato Visual / La intensidad del contacto Visual
Eye contact is an experience you have daily but likely not consciously. Often you can recognize that it is sometimes shunned or avoided altogether. For a species so visually oriented, why is it so difficult to make and maintain proper eye contact with strangers? This is because making contact with another’s eyes an intimate experience. 'Intimate' is ...
2016-04-21 Paisley Park, USA / When doves Cry / Wenn Tauben Weinen / Quando pombas Choram / Cuando las palomas Lloran
The meaning of 'When Doves Cry' has actually been interpreted by many people, since Prince never explicitly told anyone the meaning even though he left behind many clues. With a huge passion for symbolism, he worked a lot of spirituality and symbolism into his work. As a symbol, the Dove is usually known for Love and peace, ...
I love you, I always will. Goodbye / Ich liebe dich, Immer. Auf Wiedersehen / Eu te amo, sempre amarei. Adeus / Te amo, siempre lo haré. Adiós
I love you. I feel I have loved you forever. No matter how much I love you, I am left with the feeling that I have to go. I have no idea where I am going, but I know I have to do this. Know that I tried very hard to stay. Know that you are ...
2018-04-20 Muscat, Oman / I didn’t know I was Lost / Ich wusste nicht, dass ich verloren war / Eu não sabia que estava Perdido / No sabia que estaba Perdido
What do you do when you do not know what to do? Where do you turn when you do not know where to turn? Confused, desperate, lost in this World, where you are forced to make the choice as to what is real and what is not. This deep void that you just can not fill. It ...
Stuck in the Box / Gefangen im Karton / Preso na Caixa / Preso en la Caja
More than half of the World’s 60 million displaced people are under the age of 18. Once they have been displaced for six months, a refugee is likely to remain displaced for at least three years, with the average length of displacement estimated at 17 years – almost an entire childhood. Support for displaced children is stuck ...