Developing empathy is crucial for establishing relationships and behaving compassionately. It involves experiencing another person’s point of view, rather than just one’s own, and enables prosocial, or helping behaviors that come from within, rather than being forced.

No relationship is perfect. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up to gain something far greater.

We are able to exist together despite our differences, with our differences and only because of our differences.

Dots represent people. Some divided by invisible borders, others clustered by compulsion.

We live in a world where peace is granted. Or is it? While most people sit in their homes with their loved ones, living a peaceful life – hundred thousand of people flee from their war driven countries. They saw death, hunger and destruction. They are looking for nothing more than peace. They seek protection, help and comprehension. But we hide, we close not only our eyes but our countries, build walls to keep these away who are looking for help. What are we afraid of? Should we be afraid of these, who seek the peaceful life we live in? We talk and praise about humanity, but humanity is nowhere to be found.

Beware media hysteria!

The concept / idea of borders needs to be reconsidered constantly in a world where borders are both naturally given and at the same time artificially constructed while pushed and dissolved or neglected at the same time.

All I need is Less. We all need to accept that less is more. Less for every single one means more for everyone.

His/tory always was and is and will be Her/story. Since long it’s time to acknowledge this. Let’s learn from the mistakes our ancestors made in the past. Let’s step into a future of us … for us.

The body of work “cornucopia” consists of stills I shot during the corona lockdown. The pictures were taken under improvised conditions on my coffeetable showing things I found in our flat. At the same time they represent my reduced horizon due to the curfew and the cornucopia of weird ideas.

Two beings are standing on a cliff. It is unclear whether they are moving closer or keeping the distance. An indistinct perspective opens up to them. waves blurring in the fog show uncertainty which is both hopeful and intimidating.

Even if there’s a virus on your doorstep, don’t ever stop spinning!

I actually made this poster in 2018, and I only used it to post it on my social media, but I think it’s appropriate for this call. I think don’t it needs much explanation.

The city of San Diego began locking down all non essential businesses and further curtailing social interactions on Thursday the nineteenth of March, in an attempt to deal with the spread of the novel coronavirus. Later that evening, I designed and printed the poster I’m seen holding in the photo, which my wife shot the following morning. I posted the picture to my social media account with the intention of letting all those both near and far know, that regardless of the immediate issues at hand, we are still capable of simple acts of kindness, communication and solidarity. Now and in the future.

We have found silence. Is Silence. But means less irrational consumption, less car, less speed, less saying, more listening.

We. Just We. A great Community. One unique and simple word as a gesture collective.

All people are different, we have different opinions, backgrounds, religions. But there are always things that we share, starting with being human. We should always remember that. It’s the core of coexistence.

We should coexits with nature, not dominate