What would you do differently if money didn't matter?
Klimt had a double life.
In Vienna, he painted gold-covered portraits for wealthy clients. There were deadlines, pressure to deliver, and public scandals.
But every summer, he went to Lake Attersee to relax and paint the landscape. No gold leaf. Just water, trees and quiet villages.
Do we become different people when we're free from obligations?
Fun fact: the word “gun” is short for Gunhild, an Old Norse girls’ name that people used to call their weapons for some reason. Like a good number of Germanic names, its literal meaning is ‘battle-battle’.
Benjamin Franklin’s glass armonica used to be banned in some German towns, amid fears that its ethereal sound could cause illness or madness.
Before those bans, its sound inspired Mozart to write Adagio in C, K. 356 (K. 617a), in 1791.
Its ethereal sound later became surrounded by strange fears and legends.
Have you ever heard it? 🎵