And sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky

Markus Crowdfunding-Projekt ONE ist über die Ziellinie gelaufen – inkl. stretch goal.

Der Künstler hat nun wohlwollende 7.500,- Euro eingesammelt, die kunstgierige Leute hier draußen für sein Projekt zur Verfügung gestellt haben. So entsteht nun in kleiner Auflage ein Buch mit ca. 50 Illustrationen, für die die Investoren die Inspirationen liefern durften.

Und je nach Investitionsvolumen bekommen wir Shareholder auch viel mehr als nur eine namentliche Erwähnung.

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Als Künstlerbruder und Wissender ob Markus Talent hatte ich vor einigen Wochen die Ehre, erster Investor zu werden.

Gestern wurde ich dafür entbelohnt.

Die Inspiration

GIVEN TO FLY

He could’ve tuned in, tuned in
But he tuned out
A bad time, nothing could save him
Alone in a corridor, waiting, locked out
He got up outta there, ran for hundreds of miles
He made it to the ocean, had a smoke in a tree
The wind rose up, set him down on his knee

A wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw
Delivered him wings, ‚Hey, look at me now‘
Arms wide open with the sea as his floor
Oh, power, oh
He’s.. flying…..whole

He floated back down ‚cause he wanted to share
His key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere
But first he was stripped and then he was stabbed
By faceless men, well, fuckers
He still stands

And he still gives his love, he just gives it away
The love he receives is the love that is saved
And sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky
A human being that was given to fly

High.. flying
Oh, oh
High.. flying
Oh, oh
He’s flying
Oh, oh

(Pearl Jam, 1998)

[I imagined the song as] a 20-page cardboard (children’s) book with a line on each page and a picture to go with it. It’s a fable, that’s all. The music almost gives you this feeling of flight, and I really love singing the part at the end, which is all about rising above anybody’s comments about what you do and still giving your love away. You know? Not becoming bitter and reclusive, not condemning the whole world because of the actions of a few. (Eddie Vedder)

Das Resultat

Das hat er draus gemacht.

Und ich hab’s seit gestern auch zum anfassen.

Das handgezeichnete Original habe ich auch bekommen.

A human being that was given to fly …