A friend sent me the link to the website of a new film, ALUNA, which is being made by and with the KOGI, “a genuine lost civilization hidden on an isolated triangular pyramid mountain in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, nearly five miles high, on the Colombian-Caribbean coast. The Kogi are profoundly frightened by what we are doing to the world, but also well aware that we have no understanding of the forces which we are unleashing. They believe that the only hope of survival for mankind is if we can learn why they are so scared, and they know that we will only believe what we can see.”

The movie is not a work of fiction. It will be released end of 2011. Very impressive.

My friend sent a second link to another film: Connected. An Autobiography about Love, Death and Technology. The synopsis of the film says (extract):

“Between texts and tweets, memes and microchips, we’ve become great at breaking the world down into byte-sized bits. In the process we’ve stopped seeing the forest for the trees, never mind the root system that connects them all.

For centuries we’ve been declaring independence. With insight, curiosity, and humor, this film asks if it’s time to declare our interdependence instead. Connected is a journey through the interconnectedness of humankind, nature, progress and morality at the dawn of the 21st century.”

BBC has done a series on “Human Planet” with a number of trailers- though not visible everywhere, so in Switzerland all the videos are blocked with a remark “Not available in your area” … There is only the trailer of the official channel visible, but if you go to YouTube and search for Human Planet, you can see these videos, like “Girls Judge Boys in Desert Sex Factor“. It is, however, reminding the same curiosity of exoticism which made Westerners import indigenous people from other parts of the world and exhibiting them in shows some decennies ago. But you find also other videos…

The trailer is worthwhile seeing:

A friend sent today the link to a video of the Global Oneness Project about Elements:” Elemental – Three stories on three continents connected by water”, see below. Water is the basic element of life, it represents the etheric on the physical plane. There are cosmic planes of the Waters of Life, the vast ocean of creation.

This morning we were at a sublime exposition of orchids and ikebana art in the Elfenau Park, Berne, with a rare presentation of thousands of orchids and many exquisite flower compositions.

I arranged a powerpoint (10.1 MB) with a selection of photos I took there. Though the exposition was very crowded, the flowers radiated such an extraordinary beauty, delicacy and silence which may bring you inspiration.

Winter has the country in its strong grip. Through a snow and ice-storm we arrived two days ago in North Germany, and all the roads are covered with high snow. Walking into the town of the place where I spent my childhood I helped three times pushing cars to get running. Today, Christmas morning, I will meet an old friend with whom I lived together a number of years during the times of my studies. We had “wild times” together. In the meantime he has become a professor of literature, but somehow he remained young in his heart. Whenever I meet him we have a long walk and exchange what has happened over the years.
The two last weeks in Switzerland I took a few winter pics with enchanted impressions.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas tree in the evening sun

Artificial solstice – a black sun hanging between the trees of the park

Villa Mettlen with a christmas tree in the park

Snow balls and black sun

Sun on a stone pile

Enchanted garden

Fountain of light and black sun

Sinking gardens (work of art)

Donkeys in the snow

Setting sun over a farmyard

Christmas scenery at a farm entrance

Santa Claus at the farm entrance

A friend sent some beautiful photos about Tippi Degre, born 1990, who grew up in Namibia, Africa, as a child of French photographers in an incredible intimacy to wildlife.

This is a trailer from a documentary made on her returning to Africa, and bridging two completely different cultures, meeting old and new friends.

Yesterday morning the sun was rising behind the bushes in our garden, and quite a strong wind had swept away most of the leaves. I put a vase with amaryllis flowers onto the grass, to take a photo against the morning sun. However, the wind blew it down several times, so that I fixed the vase with a stone. Here you see the pics.

Morning sun behind the vase with Amaryllis flowers

Red sunrise

A titmouse in the bush

Muri Castle behind the bushes

Withered sunflower in the pale sun light

A last rose in the pale morning light. The strong wind made it dance up and down. It needed a number of shots,

Sun reflection in the window of the living room

At the right moment for Scorpio time: A friend sent me the link to a video with photos of a cobra in Kumbhakonam, slipping to a Siva Lingam and lifting its hood. This modern time miracle happened on January 15, 2010, the solar eclipse day. At the same time in the WTT-retreat centre in Visakhapatnam we had for several hours a very intense solar eclipse meditation with Sri Kumar.

Some more autumn impressions from a walk through the nearby park, this and last weekend. There is an art exposition along the river, a playful exchange between man and nature.

View over the trees to the Alps

A mobile in the trees

Small chairs for animals to observe the humans passing by 🙂

A smiling branch

Deep rooted

A mobile with a bridge in the background

Sculpture of a squirrel

The Aare river

The Bodenacker farm house

Who is living there?

Sculpture in front of a house

A few impressions from our Sunday afternoon walk on a nearby hill, with a beautiful golden autumn sunlight and a clear view of the Alps in the background. Nature is displaying all its beauty before withdrawing into winter time.

Hidden farmhouse

Shopping some pumpkins at the farmhouse

Toadstools

Sun reflections on a woodpile

Light and Shadow