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be//log consists of three sections:
Quotes
In this sections, we publish and look for innovative, inspiring and insightful quotes from all fields and times – again with short explanations.
We are happy to accept ideas and examples with short explanations and the author’s/contributor’s name. After editorial review, we may then publish them. Please send your contributions to: info@be-design.info
Stupid words and stupid sayings
Peculiar misunderstandings and, at times, terrible fashions have sneaked into our language, and, in so doing, determine our thoughts without us being really aware of it. The words are simply used, used up, as if they wouldn’t constitute a problem – but, thinking is very much rooted in discourse, and this discourse predominantly takes place in the form of language. This is why we need to think about these stupidities and buzzwords and why they should be published together with short reflections.
We are happy to accept ideas and examples with short explanations and the author’s/contributor’s name. After editorial review, we may then publish them. Please send your contributions to: info@be-design.info
Anagrams
Anagrams (originally from Greek ἀναγράφειν anagráphein = rewrite) are words formed by rearranging the letters of a different word. Surprisingly often, anagrams are like a mirror – or distorting mirror – in relation to the source word; sometimes as a paradox, other times as enlightenment. There is obviously something the old and the newly formed words have in common. Anagrams are a source of linguistic imagination, they engender associations and they are simply a great type of game.
That’s a good question
Many people often use this stupid statement to gain time for an answer. Typical scenarios are tests, interviews, also discussions. But in such cases, a short pause would always be better than the, albeit born out of helplessness, de facto … Weiterlesen
Reality means being surrounded by secrets.
Secrets kindle our curiosity and ensure that we never stop thinking.
The composer John Cage discovered many new dimensions in sounds, thus permanently questioning any obsession with perceptual certainty. The same, however, applies to all other areas, to feelings, insights, … Weiterlesen
danger = garden
Core Competency
Seeds and cores can be found in plums, apples, lemons and oranges, cherries and other fruits. They are already fertilized, and in the kitchen they are usually thrown away or turned into oil (for example, the famous pumpkin seed oil), … Weiterlesen
odor = door
Discipline
comes from Latin and combined education and castigation in a way still typical for such times. This was literally adopted, in particular in the military or in sports.
However, it is completely inappropriate and rather depressing that of all things … Weiterlesen
This is one of the benefits of not going to the cinema: there are so many surprises.
Sometimes it’s good to forego certain pleasures in order to be all the more surprised.
Mädchen (Girl/Maid)
“The boy”, “the girl”: Even if we remain in this traditional separation of the sexes, it is still irritating to note that the female form of the child exists only in the neuter form in German (“Maedchen”), i.e. as a … Weiterlesen