the optimist

random musings and pictures © by sebastian michael more at sebastian michael and optimist creations

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“to time its art, to art its freedom” – the @viennasecession with an unexpectedly dramatic #sky over #vienna last week (at Vienna Secession) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByRJgion6ip/?igshid=lqtziad6xcu6

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soy sauce saucer with a satisfying surface tension . . #soysauce #saucer #surfacetension https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx5vkF4nUJm/?igshid=1q66syphneypj

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one of our two #pepperrobot performers getting ready for the #digitalnatives19 festival at #volkstheater #wien next weekend. #doppelgänger #rehearsal https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx0tqLqn4Fr/?igshid=1qxuh79ro73hm

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face to face: two of the performers i’ll be sharing a stage with later this month at the @volkstheaterwien as part of #digitalnatives19 – #DOPPELGÄNGER #pepperrobot #performance #dance #theatre #robot #jeanpaul #text #music https://www.instagram.com/sebastian.michael/p/BxQyHMYHRbb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=114uudlw2eh01

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It’s #WorldBookDay2019 – These are the twelve little paperbacks I’ve published since exactly a year ago today. So if you’re short of something to read and want to read something short, why not try an EDEN miniature? (And yes, for instant gratification they’re also available as Kindle and ePub.) . https://sebastianmichael.com/edenminiatures . #worldbookday #paperback #kindle #epub #bookclub #bookstagram #booksonline #reading #literature #goodreads #fiction #autobiography #publishing https://www.instagram.com/sebastian.michael/p/Butqu1GHB50/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h3tsn2keafty

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#dorset #winter #lewesdonhill #southwest #england #countryside https://www.instagram.com/p/BtfDJ29nNVo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jytl73nprz3m

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there you are: twelve little #paperbacks published in twelve months, and a picture of a person trying to be human in a bewildering, astonishing, amazing, confusing, decidedly awesome, magnificent #universe

now that i’ve written them all and they’re all out there i cordially invite you to read some, any, or if you are so inclined, all of them, but you really don’t have to: it’s meant, if anything, to be a pleasure

https://www.sebastianmichael.com/edenminiatures.html . . #publishing #books #bookshelf #literature #autobiography #poeticprose #shortstory #shortreads #philosophy #poetry #youngerself #identity #friendship #love #eden #life #meaning #edenminiatures #edenbyfrei https://www.instagram.com/p/BsvwqiRHvSy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14i7jbm4pgid7

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the #sky near #laax #switzerland the other day towards evening time... . #snow #mountains #nature #alps https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsov9slnSEH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1oyfzp33ngahc

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view from a swiss train: the #matterhorngotthardbahn going over the #oberalppass . #snow #train #mountains #alps #switzerland https://www.instagram.com/p/BsGEN-YHmDn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=55n3uzzj3een

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ice watch by olafur eliasson and minik rosing, with a little help from the arctic circle, at @tate modern the other night . #ice #iceberg #iceart #london #art #southbank #climate #agitprop #contemporaryart #statement #weather (at Tate Modern) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrrGcnXHPTO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pw82lketxfth

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nearly there... . . #books #paperbacks #reading #literary #poeticprose #shortstory #publishing #bookseries #fiction #autobiography #storytelling #philosophy #meaning #universe #friendship #love #theoveralnessofitall . #dimensions #heart #thesnowflakecollector #theiceking #theplanetwalk #thetape #istanbul #sedartis #encounters #thebournemouthandboscombetrilogy #insomnia #EDENminiatures #EDENbyFREI https://www.instagram.com/p/BrWY7FOniqh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1le2tkbrs46ff

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tucked away in the grounds of the @filmarchivaustria at the #augarten #vienna : this sadly disused but still romantic #bioscope #film #cinema #fairground https://www.instagram.com/p/BrEZlKVHr0t/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ndxn57xxucdr

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#durchblick — looking through schloss #belvedere in #vienna with a reflection of #cranes and a stranger reflecting https://www.instagram.com/p/BqjBq-dnt0c/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gfqij643bybg

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waitrose have added some edible flowers to one of their salads, and suddenly the world seems a much better place. . @waitroseandpartners #flowers #edibleflowers #salad #foodpic alert https://www.instagram.com/p/Boh4ar1n2My/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cwpootg08cce

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a little lord ganesh statue has been placed in my path on the water’s edge in the round pond in kensington gardens — a sign of good fortune and new beginnings?... #ganesh #ganesha #roundpond #kensingtongardens #life #god #universe https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn7pg-onVoq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kh4nrxom3lf3

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taking shape one by one: the EDEN miniatures series... #publishing #books #paperback #shortstories #fiction #shortfiction #philosophy #autobiography #life #love #universe https://www.instagram.com/p/BnY7QQfnke3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6sykmkn657od

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I as a matter of policy tend not to post food pics but for this lunchtime starter the other day at @pollen_street_social I’m prepared to make an exception... @pollenstsocial #starter #trout #peasorbet #blossoms #plate #presentation #foodart #alsotastedamazing (at Pollen Street Social)