THE POOL

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Es gibt zwei Arten sein Leben zu leben: entweder so, als wäre nichts ein Wunder, oder so, als wäre alles eines. Ich glaube an Letzteres.

Albert Einstein

IN DREAMS BEGIN RESPONSIBILITIES.

unknown / unbekannt

Shanghai. Construction worker. Not sleeping. / Shanghai, Bauarbeiter, nicht schlafend (Idle of Man 2013)

Ob ein Schriftsteller seinen Bestseller in drei Jahren oder in drei Wochen geschrieben hat, ist uns bereits egal – was zählt, ist das Resultat. Und dieses Resultat lässt sich vielfach verwerten: Es lässt sich in viele Sprachen übersetzen, kann zum Drehbuch umgearbeitet oder Grundlage für eine Fernsehserie, für ein Computerspiel und eine Menge Begleitprodukte werden.

Wolf Lotter, Die Kreative Revolution, S. 14f

Its better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all.

James Thurber

Man erlebt, was passiert, wenn einen nichts zwingt zu reagieren, sondern wenn sich einfach entfalten kann, was in diesem System alles steckt. In diesem Default-Zustand stellt sich ein Gefühl des »In-der-Welt-Seins« ein. Diese Erfahrung entspricht mit Sicherheit getreuer der Persönlichkeit, die man ist, als das, was man erlebt, wenn man ständig von Tagesereignissen getrieben wird.

Wolf Singer

Probably they are more like philosophical games. I believe that philosophy has to be a practice. Practical philosophy. It´s like the way the Greeks used to solve philosophical and mathematical problems, by walking. Not sitting. It´s easier to solve philosophical and mathematical problems moving – when you walk and you talk – probably because you have better irrigation in the brain or just because you are breathing better. Because you are moving you have better chances to solve complex problems. And so I think in a way it´s an action thing. So I think philosophy is an action, it should be. And to play the games are part of it.

Gabriel Orozco, Games, par. 8 "Games: Ping Pong, Billiards, and Chess (Interview)". Art 21. http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/orozco/clip1.html

A young entrepreneur called Josh Taylor asked Branson on Twitter recently to set him a new challenge. The video of Josh where he accomplished to launch a DIY balloon into 118.000 feet of altitude (including shooting footage of that journey) you may watch independently here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQgOLshCFN0

no matter what the others do, how fast they are or who they overtake – remaining calm like the reflection of the moon in the grass is faster...

The path to novelty is paved with sitting, watching and listening.

Simple sleep is no real idleness. No purpose is.

Times have changed.

Work is not the power - denial of work is.

We declare from now on the 1st of May the

'THE DAY OF CONSTRUCTIVE IDLENESS'!

Do nothing for the purpose of something.

If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.

Chinese Proverb

Prof. Peter Kruse über Kreativität (german only)

John Cleese on Creativity (Creativity World Forum)

A good question beats a good answer

Alan Webber, Co-Founder Fast Company Magazine

To become personally inspired, the best you can do is set up the optimal circumstances for inspiration. As a society, the best we can do is assist in setting up these important circumstances for everyone. An easy first step is simply recognizing the sheer potency of inspiration, and its potential impact on everything we do.

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