On YouTube, I look at small moments in Pinocchio.
And how they relate to my own life.
Often surprised by what I discover about myself along the way.

On Facebook, I approach similar questions.
But from another direction.
Starting with my own experience.

My newsletter invites you to become part of the journey.


A playground full of possibilities

Imagine stepping onto a playground.
We begin to play with what’s there.
We see where curiosity and imagination take us.

Take Pinocchio's nose:
Does it really grow because he lies?
I'm not so sure.
The first time it grows, he doesn’t have a mouth yet.
Geppetto is still carving him.
The second time, he again says nothing at all.
And later, when he does lie:
Sometimes his nose grows, sometimes it doesn't.
On one occasion, it even grows shorter.
So what could the nose react to?

Pinocchio’s story offers fascinating perspectives:
On how we experience the world.
On the choices we make.
On how we change through experience.


How to explore more

On Amazon you can check my book The Power of Pinocchio.
It takes us along Pinocchio's journey.
It offers surprising connections to ancient teachings.
And invites us to reflect on our own lives.

Pinocchio, as you've never seen him before

Once upon a time…

“Ah, a fairy tale,” you might think.
And you would be right.
But perhaps there's more in Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio.
If only we changed the way we look at it.
What could we see?



Would you like to come along?

Collodi created this playground with such ingenuity.
But even the most extraordinary playground cannot bring itself to life.
It needs play.

Do you enjoy looking at familiar things in a new way?
Allowing a question to remain open for a while?
Discovering new horizons as you go?

Then please come and play with me.

Contact: Axel Specker

Email: thepowerofpinocchio(at)gmail.com