Comments on: Vacationing at home

By: P

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:36:09 +0000

Erich,
Thanks for the pictures and the story. As a St. Louisan living in CA, its not always easy to get information or images that really drive home exactly why I miss St. Louis, but the combination of snow and the Arch really brought me home for a few seconds.

By: Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:57:24 +0000

Mike: I admit that I edit almost everything I publish. Cropping, if not a whole lot more. I should have mentioned that.

By: Mike Pulcinella

Mike Pulcinella — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:12:10 +0000

That’s where you’re WRONG Erich! Art is in the editing, don’t forget that.

There are two disciplines one must cultivate in order to be a good artist. First, be prolific. Produce a lot! Then refine your eye or ear so that you can tell the good from the bad and NEVER EVER let anyone see your bad stuff! (Which will be most of it!)

I’ve seen the contact sheets of some very famous photographs. You’d be amazed at how many times the photographer got it wrong before s/he got it right.

By: Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:50:53 +0000

Mike: Thanks for the compliment. To the extent that I’ve posted some photos that people have reacted to, it is mostly because I take lots of photos and I delete 3/4’s of them. I only show 1% of the remainder. Therefore, I don’t claim to have a very high “batting average.”

By: Mike Pulcinella

Mike Pulcinella — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:02:14 +0000

Erich, I always enjoy your photo essays. These kinds of things can come off as pretentious in the wrong hands. Not yours. Plus, you are a damn good photographer!

By: projektleiterin

projektleiterin — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:50:54 +0000

Come to Munich again, Dan!

By: Erika Price

Erika Price — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:58:55 +0000

What a lovely idea. I think people often get into a rut about where they live, and run out of inspiration for novel or recreational things to do. Then they drive for hours to go to another city and look at its monuments and museums. We take what we have for granted, and we see “vacations” as rare, expensive, carefully planned-out endeavors. No wonder most of us feel as though we don’t get enough of them! Good job showing people that you can find an escape in your own town.

By: Dan Klarmann

Dan Klarmann — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:54:48 +0000

I liked living in Munich. But I was there for the first half of 1973, just after the Olympics. I loved the Deutsche Museum, and spent hundreds of hours there. Perfect for an 11 year old science geek.

We actually lived on the ourskirts, near the Gronsdorf S-Bahn station. Back then it cost me about $0.10 (0.35 DM) to take the clean and efficient bus, train, and subway into town, where a bag of roasted chestnuts would keep my hands warm on the walk to the museum, or a slab of Schwartzwalder Kirschtorte at the Kaufhof sugared me up afterwards.

Both the city and the museum seemed much smaller when I visited them in 1984.

By: projektleiterin

projektleiterin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:35:24 +0000

I live close to Munich and soon will move there. I guess, most people know it - Lederhosen, Dirndl, Oktoberfest, Gemütlichkeit (lately I see everybody talk about this), etc.

According to IHT it’s the #1 of the world’s top ten most livable city - nice. I’m not sure about that, but it’s ok.

By: Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:41:39 +0000

Vicki: Yes, people still flock to sled at Art Hill. Problem is that it doesn’t often snow in St. Louis. I’ve lived here all my life and it seems like it used to snow more and more often than it has for the past 10 years.

As far as the mission of the St. Louis Art Museum, http://www.stlouis.art.museum/ I don’t know how to answer that, although I do enjoy going to the museum. I will have to leave that topic to those who are more knowledgable than me on that topic. The museum has no cost of admission, except for special exhibits. They’ve recently announced an ambitious expansion plan. http://www.stlouis.art.museum/index.aspx?id=174