Writer Between Worlds

Soulful writing about humans and places

Category: Culture

  • At the heart of the world

    at the heart of the world there can be only silence. the solitude of contemplating God. at the heart of the world there is a slight summer breeze, the purple sweetness of acacia snowing down (dry blossoms piling quietly by the curb), the glowing peace of the evening, and church bells scintillating. at the heart…

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  • A must-have for wannabees

    How does Homeric Writers’ Retreat & Workshop on the Greek island of Ithaca sound to you? Tempting, huh? Well, there’s only one problem with that. You’d have to be a writer first. Not necessarily an accomplished one. This is actually a workshop for aspiring writers, managed and organised by Australian-born novelist, poet and editor Jessica Bell…

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  • St. Patrick’s Day 2013

    Shamrock, flutes and black bier on the streets of Munich. Forget for a second that it’s a frigid mid-March afternoon. Try to ignore the whizzing wind too, although your nose feels like it might fall off any minute now. The sun has slashed its way through the ceiling of aubergine-colored clouds, and – perhaps even…

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  • Lincoln. A film

    I have to hand it to Spielberg. At least he stayed away from grandiose productions this time. And, to his credit, he managed to steer clear of the usual pitfalls: the temptation of that eye-watering Messianism so often associated with U.S historical events, flamboyant speeches about democracy and world-saving feats. The movie deals with abolitionism.…

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  • Life

    If you are reading this, I have a question for you: Why are you online? What do you hope to find here? Do you feel alive? What are we all doing here? What are we searching for? Entertainment, knowledge, inspiration, communication? Is it not becoming a terrible waste of time? And time, after all, is…

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  • Advent, advent…

    Just when I was running out of ideas for posts, my son (not yet 6 years old) found out there is no Santa Claus. Their kindergarten teacher told them. Maybe the increasing commercialization of Christmas finally got to her, or maybe she was trying to explain the local traditions despite the onslaught of American popular…

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  • Knock-knock! Who’s there? Depression season!

    They’re here. The long, cold, damp winter months with their smothering darkness. So bring out those UV and infrared lamps and steer clear of depression. By the way, what is the deal with this depression epidemic nowadays? Is it the sensory deprivation of our virtual environment, the lack of true friends, the materialism, the stress,…

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  • My book is out!

    Are you familiar with CreateSpace? The website that lets you create, edit, publish and sell your own creative work? Well, I’ve tried it, and as it happens, I have a new book out. It’s called Acid EROSion – The poetry of wounds still raw. The page layout in the interior of the book is pretty lame,…

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  • Hasta la vista!

    Actually, it’s therapy. It’s therapy the three protagonists in Geoffrey Enthoven’s film are looking for. And it is actually baffling that no one else around them happens to see that. Not the parents, overprotective and naturally obsessed with maintaining the physical body, the tortured, handicapped body, present and “alive”. But the body isn’t really alive.…

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  • MultiKulti auf Deutsch

    The time was 2 p.m. and the temperature was 32 degrees centigrade – in the shade. The parking lot was teeming with expensive cars whence packs of hyperactive, overwrought children irrupted. The mothers were carrying plates and salad bowls and cakes and the fathers looked as lost as they usually do. Dragging my feet across the…

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