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Sketch: The cycle of life

October 4, 2015 by philipp68

Last week’s sketch showed a parachuter slowly gliding towards earth, symbolising the idea that our life starts when we’re born and ends when we die. With this sketch of a Dandelion plant I would like to invite you to look at life as something beyond conscious thought. I think, therefore I am How do we know that we exist? In 1637 René Descartes answered this question with the famous sentence “I think, therefore I am”. He wanted to assure us […]

Categories: Sketch • Tags: Aging, Consciousness

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Sketch: Getting older

September 20, 2015 by philipp68

I’m around 50. The age when life gently reminds us, that our body and our mind age at different speeds. To learn what it means to grow older, I decided to do a couple of drawings that show different aspects of aging. Experiencing Happiness-Sadness With these drawings I would like to invite you to lean into the uncomfortable realisation, that one day we all will die. I’m convinced that by allowing the feelings of fear, loss and sadness to wash […]

Categories: Sketch • Tags: Aging, Fear, Mind, Wisdom

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