… I just can’t adjust to screen reading and I do prefer reading to listening, so audiobooks are also no alternative for me. Therefore I end up carrying books around the world. When I arrived in the US a few weeks ago I had 16 (!) books in my suitcase. Heavy. Crazy. But that’s just […]
Yesterday I finally got my account with OpenAI. I was hesitant to use the technology because I didn’t want to be part of making these things even smarter. Yet my curiosity took over and I started to playing around. I wasn’t more than 10 minutes on OpenAI. A few very simple questions about myself and […]
Recently I traveled overland from Toronto, Canada, to Santa Fe in New Mexico, US via bus and train. All in all I was for 3.5 days on the road, one day longer than expected. But never mind, it was a lovely journey and I enjoyed it. I was looking, reading, writing, doing nothing every now […]
In late March/early April 2023 I spent two weeks on the beautiful island of Zanzibar, a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. I was there before but never made it out of Stone Town, its vibrant and multicultural capital. Before I reached I connected via Facebook with Julie Gunn who moved here just […]
Many people are asking me WHERE are you travelling next? Maybe one out of a hundred is asking me WHY are you travelling? I find the latter the much more interesting question I don’t have a bucket list. I don’t travel to cross destinations off a list. I rather travel to understand better and learn […]
Ten years ago I was in Lahore, Pakistan. I came in from India and crossed the famous superficially cheerful Wagah Border between Amritsar (India) and Lahore (Pakistan). A principal of a school, whom I knew from social media, had invited me and I stayed at her house. During my stay I also had the honour […]
Year after year after year I pilgrim to Venice. I always come to see the Biennale and on top of this the sheer beauty of the city. It’s where tradition and future meet. Where thinking has no boundaries. For me the most impressive place in Venice is the former submarine harbour – right behind the […]
The Tankwa Artscape is an artist residency program in South Africa’s rock desert, the Tankwa Karoo. It takes place at the Tented Camp in the Stonehenge Private Nature Reserve – the spot which hosted Africa Burn (a Burning Man regional festival) for many years. You still find many Africa Burn remains in their scrapyard. The […]
An Omuhimba woman, I met her on my way to Epupa Falls A few “scientific” remarks on the term “indigenous” to start with. Around 5,000 indigenous peoples live in about 90 countries around the world, with a total of more than 476 million people. They make up about six per cent of the world’s population […]
I met Dr. Saidi Matahabashy in Stone Town, Zanzibar, in March 2023. He is a herbal “doctor” and was recommended to me by Julie Gunn one of three who organised the conference “Healthcare: the Future” in Kiwengwa, East Zanzibar (and online) in fall 2022. My first encounter with Dr. Saidi was at a government owned […]