The picture which appears inside
With which photographic pictures can I show the impressions and perceptions I feel after reading E.T.A.Hoffmann’s stories? This is what I wish to find out. How does the knowledge of Hoffmann’s stories affect my vision?
I want to sink in his stories and look at what I then see in my environment. There it happens, that I suddenly think - that looks like …
The imagination is genuine sight - said Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822) and wrote:
„Everyone should make sure that he has really seen what he proclaims to have achieved before he dares to announce it to the world. At least everyone should seriously try to capture the picture which has appeared to his inner self with all his figure, colours, light, shade and then when he feels passionate about it he can carry the picture to his outer life …“
(Serapionisches Principle from „Die Serapionsbrüder“ Artemis & Winkler P.63)