Being: we are the “thinking animals”. But what does it mean to be thinking? First of all, we need to trace the impetus of our very thoughts: where and when do they arise? How do they come to be? Are they born inside-out? Perhaps to raise the question: does individual agency create thoughts? Very important: I don’t pose these questions from within a scientific, measurement-compulsive frame. At least I hope I don’t. I try to steer free of prepositioning myself. I simply try to be, let my body breathe, sit still, and observe. This is very difficult. But I try […]
Livingindividuality What then, is our task in these times? Surely, we must help a hand in trying to find ground again on which our finite humanity can flourish and relearn the speak of the earth. This is the language of a circular breath, of the in-and-exhale, silently breezing all beings towards their birth, quieting them gently and reorienting their horizon towards what it is to be alive. What is this then, to be alive? And has this changed throughout history? For sure, our cultural fathers and mothers used different words, different symbolons. But scratch the symbol, which is a bridge, […]
This is a novel about trying to make sense of life after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It will be on the market on October 3, 2023. Everyone wondering where all current confusion came from should give it a try. 1990 was a pivotal year in the history of the Occident, and many foundations for the present day were laid -or strengthened- without anyone truly noticing them.
