I attended my first documenta in 1992 – documenta IX. I was a teenager and my family organized a babysitter to go with me as they had more important things to do and apparently I wasn’t old enough to attend an art exhibition during the… Read More »documenta fifteen
I gave my partner a belt about 20 years ago – it broke, and I gave him a blank belt buckle to add a design of his choice. We searched for a long time, and I didn’t quite find anything to match his taste. Drawing… Read More »Making a unique belt buckle
It’s not just a new year resolution. It’s something that shows how balanced my life is. If I get around creating art, learning a new skill, practising something and experimenting it means that I have enough space in my life to play and explore.It also… Read More »Life drawing practice – art as an indicator of mental health
Zu der Demo in Berlin am 29.08. wurde schon so allerhand gesagt. Ich hab mich auf FB mal mit dem Weiterleiten der Steinmeier Rede und diesen paar Worten begnügt: (Edit: Das mit dem Begnügen möchte ich am 03.09. zurück nehmen. Heute früh ist nämlich so… Read More »Facebook Musings
I am wondering about the topics of my doodles. Hungry kids seem to be a theme. They are adorable, but why are they always hungry or cold? (oh wait, the cold I can explain. I am always cold – there’s no meta to that –… Read More »The theme of hunger in my doodles: Rewriting my story
Stuff companies usually do NOT do: Go on an Ayahuasca company retreat. I plan on writing an article about this with my coworker Candy for the happiness.com magazine. Here I wanted to share a “poem” I have written shortly after the experience. Poems seem to… Read More »The Yagé Letters 2020 – Ayahuasca Poetry
This scribble was put on my blog in 2014. Not sure if I drew it that year or before. Either way, I remember that that year the FDP came out with their new CI and to me, it was hilarious that they “copied” the fuck… Read More »Well, fuck you very much – mindful cursing
What was I thinking in 2009 when I drew this? I have no idea. I had a bit of a run at the time with scribbling in the moleskin notebook. Sitting in a hipster coffee shop in Berlin scribbling. I had many coffees and brownies… Read More »Hungry Horror Kid
A tiny and cute scribble. This would make a good hipster cat tattoo. Unfortunately, I have no tattoos and I do not plan on getting any though I really like them. Every time I found something I really loved, I waited for a year before… Read More »Hipster Cat Tattoo and the fear of making mistakes
Not only this sculpture but also writing this article taught me a lot about letting go. And truth be told I am not really interested in this lesson… The sculpture because it’s a lost form technique and the article because I just started working with… Read More »Lost form concrete sculpture – Berta von Flausch