literary rhapsodies, emotional outbursts, bad puns and creative output from a slightly distracted and highly disturbed mind with a big heart and an occasionally dark sense of humour
What to pack, what to bring, what not to bring. Every blog out there will rightfully tell you to pack as lightly as possible, and I whole-heartedly agree. However, back when a certain pandemic hit, I had just spent loads of money for long-distance hiking gear to be perfectly equipped for the John-Muir-Trail (s. here)…
The Fishermen’s Trail is considered one of the most beautiful coastal trails in the world. So I figured, I’ll take it to the test. So in less than 24 hours, I am on my way to Portugal, ready to cover the famous coastal hike – officially 226.5 km, divided into 13 segment, I made some…
From Wikipedia: Folie à deux (French for ‘madness of two’), also called shared psychosis or shared delusional disorder (SDD), is a psychiatric syndrome in which symptoms of a delusional belief are “transmitted” from one individual to another. Folie à deux is also the subtitle of one of the most anticipated movies in 2024: The Joker…
A remake. For the original and the story behind it, click here!
Vermutlich seid ihr seit meinem letzten Tropea-Post schon kurz vor dem Verhungern. Darum also ganz schnell reichhaltiger Lesestoff, damit ihr mehr als nur ein Ristorante zur Auswahl habt, wenn ihr klug seid und den deutschen Herbststürmen entflieht und geschwind bei Katrin Urlaub bucht! Hier kommt eine Compilation einiger nennenswerter Locations im wunderschönen Tropea. Und über…
The Whoniverse is full of nonsense and quirky stuff, but also full of very moving moments and great quotes. I experimented with black ink and crayons and since this quote is from an episode featuring Van Gogh, I wanted to do something reminiscent of the great painter. If S05E10, Vincent and the Doctor, doesn’t make…
…were starring in the New Years Concert on Jan 01st 2020. And realized they didn’t have a proper bio for the program notes. Since most of them are professional orchestra musicians, they are very verpeilt, sort of tsk tsk tsk in a loving, adoring but also Hände-über-dem-Kopf-zusammengeschlagene way. So since we were already past the…
I have played in various orchestras, mostly in Freiburg, and helped out in even more. For two semesters, I played in a chamber orchestra, das Junge Kammerorchester Freiburg and because usually I am all in, I wrote the program notes for those two concerts, in 2012 and 2013. Enjoy!
The English Drama Club of the University of Freiburg. Since my former roomie was quite involved, so became I and since I lacked the self-confidence to try out on stage, I took over house management and offered to write texts for the program notes. These are my two contributions. Enjoy!
“Kosmogonien: Am Anfang war…” (AT): commissioned libretto in English for the Staatskapelle Halle, UA planned for end of 2026/beginning of 2027. “Plötzlich Hochbegabt“, a collection of essays about people who have been diagnosed as “gifted” late in life and how it changed them. I feel very honoured to share my experiences on there. To be…