Sometimes, everyday life is better than secluded meditation to get to the bottom of one’s own soul. When we talk...
The Protestant aid organization Bread for the World published the Atlas of Civil Society last week. The book documents in...
Jean appears, hand outstretched and a shining hat of light on his head—a special hat that perhaps only I can see. This thought does not console me. For Jean is entirely inside that hat, and his words fall out of it. It’s a very positive impression: this man does not...
Unexpectedly, twilight filled the room. “What do you want?” I asked. “Care, attention. Simply look.” I did. For three months,...
The days are turbulent. My thoughts are restless and peaceless. Agitated, they’re like birds of prey, circling incessantly around the...
Intimacy is within and without. In the aridity and solitude of the desert, I am thrown back on myself, while in the play of water in all its forms in Iceland, I am constantly invited to dive in, to be touched at my outer limit, to connect. Both landscapes resemble...
As we celebrate Ita Wegman’s 150th birthday, we will look at photographs, at her letters and writings. But what if...
Just after the sun sets, the two brightest planets, Jupiter and Venus, can be seen shining in the western sky...
I believe that every person has their own secret to staying young; it’s their secret pact with life. We let the spirit into our bodies, and it elevates nature somewhat. Someone who is particularly successful at this is Justus Wittich, who is now celebrating his 70th birthday. How does he...
Karma is accident (Zufall in German): that which befalls you. At least in appearance. I cannot produce it myself—only experience...
Franka Henn begins the conversation with Bart Vanmechelen by asking him about his capacity to be humorously self-deprecating. Bart says...
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