Have you been asking yourself this question more often recently? Could it be that, since the coronavirus, we’ve been paying closer attention to what really means something to us, what we want to keep in our lives and what we can let go of?
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Although we live in a materialistic world, “things” have a surprisingly bad reputation: they are seen as dead and soulless, and inferior to the organic world of plants, animals and humans in every respect. Anyone devoting themselves too enthusiastically to “things” is quickly suspected of being superficial. You might find that somewhat hypocritical considering we all invest a lot of energy in the quest for beautiful and valuable things, and in order to buy them we have to earn that thing called money…
The women at the Kinsky aren’t shrinking violets! Whatever different art periods they may come from, they’re confidently looking out into the world …
Taking inspiration from this quote by Hermann Hesse, I want to see every single moment as a new beginning, as the start of a new story with a happy ending. But in tough times – like during a pandemic – I admit that it’s not always easy to maintain this state of constant joyful anticipation …
What don’t you mind hearing amongst the silence? The roar of the sea, the twitter of birds, the chirping of crickets … At Hotel Lemongarden on the Croatian island of Brač, the silence is something quite special …
I have to say, rarely have I arrived somewhere as beautiful as Pürgg im Ennstal in the Styria region of Austria. Who would have thought? …
I received some incense sticks as a souvenir from our neighbour following a trip to Asia. I was eight years old at the time and they seemed infinitely precious to me. They smelt different to anything I’d encountered up until that point, and soon the whole linen cupboard where they were put smelt the same, enchanting and exotic …
A border marks the edge of an area and is therefore a dividing line or delimitation. Borders separate people, countries and thoughts. Yet even if they restrict us, we need them. Not least so that we recognise freedom …
Lounging around half-naked with vine tendrils in your hair and a floozy on your arm, you look like a pimp who’s walked through a hedge backwards…
Helder Suffenplan is an independent publicist and creative consultant from Berlin. Since childhood Helder has had a particular passion for perfume…
You do not need to travel to Papua New Guinea or Tierra del Fuego to have an adventure…
Between two world wars, the Bauhaus School of Art and Design changed the face of modernity …
Franzobel is an Austrian writer. He has published numerous plays, works of prose and poems […]