Tell us about the experience of being outside, looking in — however you’d like to interpret that. When I saw this prompt, I immediately jumped at it. I thought “I was excluded from a lot of things in my life, so I oughta know what it means to be the one looking in”. Well, I’m […]

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I do consider myself a kind of patriot. For Germany, for Europe, in a sense, as an American, as well. I was reminded of this fact on the subway train on my way from work to the train station. How so? There were a few young people close by, and I was listening in. I […]

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Tobe, tohave, tothink, tomove— which of these verbs is the one you feel most connected to? Or is there another verb that characterizes you better? This is a tricky one. I wouldn’t be doing it if it were a no-brainer. I consider my brain to be one of my favorite organs. But thinking isn’t all […]

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