Author Archives: Chris Remspecher

About Chris Remspecher

Artist, Writer, Consultant, ZEN-MEN. Working on my B.Sc. in Business Informatics.

Happy Racing

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Picture for the blog post "Happy Racing"It’s been a hot summer day in a lovely park in Arcachon, France. The kids have fun racing around with these horse-cars over the racetrack. Except one.

Straight on was all fine, even in full speed. Changing directions suddenly was the complicated part. Since the horse-car has no steering wheel, the little boy did not know, how to give his journey the proper turn. Quick solution for him: stop-cry-SCREAM

Fast-forward: even many years later, some of us (sometimes) forget to take the reins in your own hands and consciously pull your life in the direction you want. Yes, steering is sometimes energy consuming but it is the best way to actively create your life. Happy racing!

Face the Wave

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Picture for the blog post "Face the Wave"Enlightenments at the beach #2:

Waves (of life) come and go. What can you do?

  • Face the wave.
  • Prepare your-self for the impact, be conscious.
  • Try to keep your balance.

On the next level, listen carefully to the world. Most waves announce themselves with some kind of noise… maybe one day you can just fly above them. Namaste

traveling to Cap Ferret without moving

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Travel with me to Cap Ferret. We take a short stop in Vichy with its magical waters. One spring is named Celestines, like a book by James Redfield. At the beach, relax your soul, fly up high with the birds and rethink your day-by-day routine and let go when the sun goes to sleep.

Le Canon is a lovely village near Cap Ferret with many passageways to new goals in your life. The Canon though is a fine book by Natalie Angier. Follow the kids to embrace the sun and the ocean, play some beach ball, touch the sand with your feet.

The Great Dune of Pyla is really great! Take the stairway to heaven or enjoy a fitness exercise and walk up barefoot. On top you are surrounded by a green and blue ocean. Wonderful…

Cloudless

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wolkenlos - poemA poem I found at a wall, author (to me so far) unknown:

There should be more less for you in 2011.
The sky cloudless,
your heart carefree,
your luck wantless,
your guardian angel jobless,
your mind weightless,
your happiness limitless,
your love doubtless,
your work effortless and
the good times endless.

In German:
Im Jahr 2011 soll für Dich jede Menge los sein. Der Himmel wolkenlos, dein Herz sorglos, dein Glück wunschlos, dein Schutzengel arbeitslos, dein Gemüt schwerelos, deine Freude grenzenlos, deine Liebe zweifellos, deine Arbeit mühelos und die guten Zeiten endlos.

Relax with your iPhone home screen

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my iPhone home screen, 201105Less is sometimes more. I created my new iPhone home screen to remind me several times a day about a few things:

  • an iPhone is a Phone
  • ZEN is about time, perception and messages
  • MEN create Social Media

A Tibetan monk once said, you need an empty space around you – to have room  for your thoughts.

Happy relaxing with your home screen and maybe this is also true for you:

Home is where your heart is.

Namaste

Jaron Lanier – Gadget

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You are not a Gadget. A Manifesto by Jaron LanierYou are not a Gadget. A book by Jaron Lanier. Maybe it’s even a medical pill.

If you wonder why 500+ million people use facebook, why cloud computing (or even klout) is such a hype and why we still need intelligent individuals, then this pill is for you.

You have to be someone, before you can share something relevant.

Jaron made me think a lot about the “login effects” of life. The amount of data and information is increasing everyday. New network ports formerly known as human beings have to handle the fragmentation of _flat_ relationships; it’s never been easier to friend/ unfriend with a single mouse click.

You are not a Gadget. A Manifesto makes you reflect and re-think the patterns and networks around you. Be a real person, with your real character because your content is still king!

Thanks for the journey, Jaron!

Amazon.com You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto (Vintage)

Amazon.de Gadget: Warum die Zukunft uns noch braucht