Prologue

What makes me feel alive?

Bohemian Vignettes is an expression of living this question.

Living a question can sometimes be a better guide than seeking an answer.

Bohemia has been my ancestral home for 700 years. Its magic and mystery, its beauty and complexity, offers a rich canvas for stories—past, present, and in the making.

A vignette is a snapshot of a moment in time.

A spark that brings what is seen and unseen into conversation.

It lives between the lines.

In the tiny frames of life.

A dance between the conscious and the unconscious.

It makes space for deeper breaths and new insights.

Inviting you to experience the world as if for the first time.

I capture vignettes about people, places, and food (for thought).

To see beyond the ordinary to discover something extraordinary.

To reawaken the human spirit.

To be present, without the need to judge, explain, or understand.

I hope these vignettes can serve as both a lens and a mirror.

To make visible the invisible.

A place where you too might discover what question your life is asking you to live right now.

Acknowledgements

Thank you to my fellow creative collaborators without whom Bohemian Vignettes would not be possible.

• Website – Lars Laichter
• Video – Jakub Jahn, Lukáš Borovička, David Markovič, Jan Kamler, Ivan Šonsky
• Graphic Design – Magdalena Adomeit
• Photography – Kiti Wullich