A profession
Work: “Nietzsche”Technique: Oil over dispersionYear: 2009Artist: Albert Lascaux “A profession is the backbone of life.” Source: Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human, Volume I, “The […]
Month: November 2025
The Facade of the University of the Arts, Berlin
“It is not about remembrance.It is about the awareness of a danger that one has been aware of ever since one became aware of it.Since […]
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (German Legends, Volume I, 1816, No. 244 – Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm) In the year 1284 after the birth of […]
When Uranium Runs Short — Small Reactors, Big Risks
The widely advertised “renaissance” of nuclear power focuses on a new narrative: Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). These compact reactor systems are promoted as safer, cheaper, […]
On the Problems of a Gold-Backed (BRICS) Cryptocurrency
The idea sounds simple:“A digital currency backed by real gold. As tamper-proof as Bitcoin, as stable in value as gold.”In practice, this dream fails on […]
Berlin, Chapter 3 – “Drawing”
“Drawing is the root of everything.”— Van Gogh The reason why these drawings matter here is not that I want to present Helmut Schmidt or […]