Category: inspiration
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Permission
Why I love drawing like a little kid, forgetting everything around and focussing on that piece of paper as if my dear life depended on it? Düsseldorf was great: full of inspiration, drawing, meeting other cool artists like @fruchtdrop. #DoKomi2016 pic.twitter.com/6uWH7GBlzt — Marianna Poppitz (@urbanmanga) May 4, 2016 It reminds me of happy times. Of…
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Visual Harvesting.
Most answers to our crucial questions dwell somewhere inside, we just need to harvest them. Harvesting thoughts with a pen is rewarding in many ways, because it makes insights rise, shine and last with ease like no other method. To the visual thinking crowd in Berlin: If you’re curious to try out visual harvesting methods…
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Remember
Remember that you are loved. To all the hidden heroines and heroes, around the corner and beyond: have a nice day! #onepunchman #お絵描き pic.twitter.com/4TC5yJBA0M — Marianna Poppitz (@urbanmanga) December 24, 2015 Today, everyday.
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Inside Berlin: Die Mauer.
More than a look at the few remnants of today’s Berlin Wall, a certain documentary film evokes the spirit of change linked to that symbol of separation. Jürgen Böttcher’s documentary “Die Mauer” has captured the immediate aftermath of the peaceful German revolution in 1989 around the wall. His aesthetic brilliance adds to a discrete narration:…
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Storytelling connects: How manga meets football and motivates.
When the place you inhabit becomes too narrow for your dreams, move out!” … said the bird to the wanderer, so wander we did. When a journalist recently asked me to draw a manga sequence for a TV feature about two Japanese players from the Berlin based football club Hertha, it kinda made sense. I’m…
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Peace found. Meditation:
Had you asked me this in my younger days, at age 20 maybe, I’d never have deemed this possible. Finding inner peace and sorting out the constant flow of images in my mind through buddhist meditation techniques? Back in the nineties, I used to despise those Hollywood stars turning towards far away rooted religious traditions,…
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Beyond imaginary prison bars
So, the tighter you’re gripping the bars, the more they restrain you? Let go, then. Think of what’s beyond, and we’ll see how fast you’ll make it disappear: a prison of thoughts and habits holding you back from the next step towards more awesome things. Big thanks to André for encouraging thoughts on the freedom…
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Inside Berlin: Barefoot Nonchalance
Stormy weather is approaching the city, yet in the metro I see a barefoot beauty with blonde dreads taking a seat in front of me. This reminds me of a “Death Note” dialogue, where the always good looking, psychopathic main character named “Light” asks his opponent, the always messy, strange looking and sharp minded “L”,…
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As From My Window I Sometimes Glance…
… on a sunny afternoon in Berlin, Wedding, I see reflections of light transforming the other side of the street. This is when the charm of living in a neighborhood like mine becomes obvious to me. You don’t need to share the tastes of your neighbors, it’s sufficient to watch. Every now and then, a…
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Another filmic tribute to Hong Kong: That Demon Within
Once again, Hong Kong film director Dante Lam turned the city itself into the main actor of his new motion picture, “That Demon Within”. His work caught my interest first in 2009, when he presented “The Beast Stalker” at the Berlinale film festival. Despite the predictability of the action movie genre with all its exaggerations, climaxes…
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