Frozen time

Frosty winter is easy to fill with life nowadays. But can we still pause - keep winter rest. How was it in the past? What did our grandparents do on winter nights when they were young? Read books, sit and look at the ice flowers on the window, freeze together, talk, tell stories, play games, get bored until you invent something new - something that lasts. Peter Bichsel, a Swiss writer, believes that boredom can be something constructive and positive, in that it makes us think and challenges us to make choices for a meaningful use of our time in life. Now, when we are no longer bored because we are constantly bombarded with impressions, is there still an inner drive to think intensively, or do we just react to the next cue that is fed to us?

Sellin Südstrand

Es war stürmisch, die Wellen hatten Schaumkronen und der Wind zehrte an den Kleidern. Frisch war es an der Küste von Rügen – erfrischend. Zugegeben es war nicht immer einladend, aber die Kraft der Natur am Meer zu spüren, war beeindruckend; wie sie Stück um Stück von der Steilküste abträgt, wie sie die Landschaft formt und welche Wunder sie schafft – und das schon seit fast immer. Ich hatte einen Augenblick dessen an einem kalten Morgen fast für mich allein. Meet and greet the natur!