Reflection

  • The Very Public Death of a Cicada

    It wasn’t me, I swear It just fell from the sky Right next to me Falling through layers of air A loud thumb Sealed its fate Or perhaps it was Already dead After sixteen years Of sleep it screamed In agony over life Until now Now it lies here Body intact, soul astray Food for…

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  • The Art of Belonging – reflection on the NSU summer school

    Is it possible to define the sense of belonging that is more than simply the addition of the parts, that does not erase philosophical loneliness but gives it a place and makes you regard it as a strength?

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  • Looking back and forward… at my time in the US

    I have extremely mixed feelings about my time in the US. Even though I spent some weeks in China shortly before going to the US, I had no idea what kind of shock I would encounter. A shock culturally, physically and emotionally. 

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  • Words&Statistics – “Fact” and post-truths

    What happened in 1965? After that date, the word ‘fact’ has decreasingly been used in books. But how come? Did the ‘post-truth’ world start not with social media, but maybe with the rise of relativism and existentialism?

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  • Surrender upon demand | US experience part one

    After about two weeks in the United States, there is to much too keep in. Writing seems the only sane response to the variety of experiences that cannot be but leave an impression.

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  • Do we actually want ‘freedom of speech’? Or: reading Spinoza

    Watching the news, reading social media contributions, I more and more come to the conclusion that it might be time to end our persistent liking of this concept, the ideal of freedom of speech. In a world where opinions create problems, perhaps it is time to stop having opinions altogether. Especially when having an opinion…

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  • The Chinese experience – Part I

    China, a fascinating land full of new obstacles, opportunities and perspectives that has been a great experience so far. Around every corner there can be something new, disgusting, lovely, beautiful, touching, crazy, horrifying. It is a great test of sanity, of belonging, of becoming.

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  • How to respond to the horror of #Paris?

    It is still too early to know exactly what happened, who what where and perhaps the most important question: why? What is clear is that something terrible has happened. Response from all over the world is pouring in, and besides the initiatives where the people from Paris open their doors for stranded fellow-Parisians to find…

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  • Why I Watch – Theatre & Me

    Lately I’ve been kind of involved in the art we call theatre. Writing, acting. But these past couple of weeks I’ve done none of that, instead I’ve visited a lot of plays. And watching theatre performed right in front of you, is maybe the most tiresome way to be involved. For either the play is…

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  • The Intrinsic Paradox of Life

    There is something intrinsically paradoxical in life. Probably there are more paradoxes, but lately I’ve been struggling with this one, and that is definitely enough for now. It has to do with this wanting to live. I truly don’t understand where this will comes from. Especially if you live in a world like ours, in…

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