„Some inches below the green grass mother made him a bed; the brown furrow slice is his blanket, fine roots are hanging everywhere, his future food. Deep silence and peace around him; the sun lays her hot beams across the soil, warm damp breath swells through the ground. Four to six weeks pass, then something is moving and stirring in the egg and a tiny clumsy grub is crawling out of it.” (Maikäfers Leben und Sterben – May Beetle’s Life and Death [1])
„An egoist with an unfriendly apart character, ponderous appearance and high self-sufficiency. He lives like a hermit and selfish as an old confirmed bachelor does and takes care of his own belly.” (Der Dachs – The Bauson [1]) Read the rest of this entry »
Anton Bruckner (1824 – 1896) studied music in Vienna. On the organ of the Piaristenkirche he had do pass an exam. The examiners were music experts of that time. After the exam one of the examiners said: “He should have tested us.” Because Bruckner was one of the best organists and he was very talented in improvising on the organ. He was in great demand internationally – invited to a playing contest in Nancy (1869), played in Notre Dame, gave a concert on the steam engine driven organ in the Royal Albert Hall in 1871 and in the Crystal Palace with 70,000 listeners. “Bruckner’s playing the organ was bright and colourful, less structured in the core, than outwardly dazzling and adorable. He was not interested in contrapuntal perfection but in harmonic evolvement and a dignified effect on the whole audience. That is why he achieved the deepest impact with improvising where he could free his imagination.” (ADB) 
For my portraits I have taken inspiring, interesting, fascinating and surprising women, men and artefacts. Which of these attributes might be applied, all women and men were very energetic even if they were more or less successful. Maria Zimmermann seems to be no close match at first sight.
