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 …
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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 …
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…
The architects of the Bauhaus are both brave and fearful, and that dichotomy is related to time. Time, claim some quantum physicists, does not exist …
“Now, all that has changed. A means of loco motion for poor mountain farmers has become a luxurious leisure pursuit […]
Franzobel is an Austrian writer. He has published numerous plays, works of prose and poems […]