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Wedding Ring and Coffee

By Beatrix Koch Photo credit: Heiner We were sitting in Budapest, in a hotel restaurant with our South-African friends who also live in Switzerland, Jenni and Peet, and they started to talk about the wedding rings. They only confessed after five years of friendship, how they were confused about our not-wearing-our-wedding-rings habit. Of course we had wedding-rings, not…

Art

My mission: “Bringing Talent, Tradition and Value Together” - this is the reason why I started an online gallery ARTODU is an online gallery representing artists from Budapest, one of the cultural hubs of Central and Eastern Europe. These artists’ fresh and individual visions are current and inspirational. Our gallery displays photography, architectural and spatial…

Exploring the Marilyn Monroe Phenomenon

I was only sixteen that spring, when I applied for the photograph course. Our young teacher was very special.  He had bright eyes, calm manners and was full of ideas. He loved teaching and did it from his heart. What is more, he opened a door which lead us to another magical world. We learned…

GERMANY 2064

The future in pictures BOOK REVIEW JANUARY 27, 2018 BY BEATRIX KOCH I heard about the book in the literature recommendation of the Swiss Radio, probably two years ago, and afterwards I started searching for the book in the bookshops but I never found it. Once before our summer holiday, I finally found it and…

Dolce Vita

🇨🇮 Dolce Vita 🇨🇮 in Moneglia, Italy Peter and I were looking for some local bar to have a lunch-bite after a sunny and sea-salty beach morning. Our bathing costumes were wet yet and I could taste the salty water in my mouth. The Hemingway Café was in the middle of the little village, and…

My short story will be published in ArtAscent Magazine

By Beatrix Koch We all have hobbies and passions and when it turns into something meaningful and serious, it could be really interesting. My passion is, besides contemporary art, writing. I like to submit my stories to literature contests, especially if there is a given topic. The ArtAscent magazine has quite often a call for…

Exploring the Marilyn Monroe Phenomenon

by Beatrix Koch I wrote this short story for a competition and it was selected by the jury. The ArtAscent Magazine called for artists and writers on the topic of BEAUTY. Exploring the Marilyn Monroe Phenomenon Photo credit: Pexels.com and Getty Images (1953) I was only sixteen that spring, when I applied for the photograph…

Flowers from a Stranger

By Beatrix Koch The Wife The flowers were lying in a trash can at the Hospital “Istvan” as she headed home with her husband in the car. Her leg was in a plaster. It broke when she slipped on the tram stairs earlier that day. She fell on the ice at the “Blaha Lujza” Station,…

Timing

DAILY  ME – From my (not official) diary 15.05.2018 TIMING Sometimes a present really comes at the best possible time. Suppose, even though it is already May, you still haven't got your energy and vitality back after the long winter months. Perhaps things haven't been working out so well in your job either. Then suddenly,…