During his forays through the Upper Palatinate, the photographer Rudi Wilhelm discovered hundreds of trees with crosses, pictures and devotional objects attached to them. What the rare phenomenon reveals about people and their beliefs.
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Hans Kratzer, Amberg
How fine and tolerable the world would be if the forces of evil and the irrational did not have such power over it. This is probably why people search so excessively for the beautiful and special, indulge in destructive consumption or rush from one vacation to the next. In this way, life quickly becomes a madness. “But it’s obvious,” says the author Uli Piehler: “The fulfillment lies deep in the heart.” And that’s why he comes to the conclusion: “How philanthropic, primordially democratic and wonderfully just it is that beauty – like the air we breathe – is free and accessible to everyone.” Of course, in order to recognize this, you need an alert mind and open eyes.