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Articles by Rainer Falle

Hi there. My name is Rainer Falle. I am an Austrian living in the Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald) a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. The best way to reach me is to leave a comment on this blog or to connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RainerFalle or Twitter: https://twitter.com/RainerFalle Have a great day.

The Holstee Manifesto: This is Your Life.

May 14, 2011 – 10:55 am | No Comment | 274 views
The Holstee Manifesto: This is Your Life.

The Holstee Manifesto – a poetic homage to the art of living your passion. It is the kind of message that we can never hear too much:

Good artists Copy, Great artists Steal

May 14, 2011 – 10:08 am | One Comment | 403 views
Good artists Copy, Great artists Steal

Pablo Picasso, one of the most famous artists of the 20th century influenced the artistic world in a unique and original way. So why is he known for saying “Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal”?

The Starfish Story: Make a Difference!

May 1, 2011 – 3:25 pm | No Comment | 353 views
The Starfish Story: Make a Difference!

Adapted from The Star Thrower by Loren Eiseley (1907-1977)

Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He …

The Story of The Pencil

March 29, 2011 – 1:10 pm | One Comment | 476 views
The Story of The Pencil

A boy was watching his grandmother write a letter. At one point he asked:
‘Are you writing a story about what we’ve done? Is it a story about me?’
His grandmother stopped writing her letter and said …

Best of Hans Rosling

March 27, 2011 – 2:53 pm | No Comment | 71 views
Best of Hans Rosling

Even the most worldly and well-traveled among us will have their perspectives shifted by Hans Rosling. A professor of global health at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, his current work focuses on dispelling common myths about the …

The Birth Of Lord Ganesha

March 26, 2011 – 1:33 pm | No Comment | 34 views
The Birth Of Lord Ganesha

From a trip to India I brought a statute of Lord Ganesha, the elephant headed Hindu God and was curious to learn more about this character from the Hindu mythology.
Ganesha is known as the god …