on 1 november 1755 a tsunami destroyed lisbon and killed between 30.000 and 60.00 of its 300.000 inhabitants. catastrophies and evil is a widely discussed issue not only in the 18 th century (see
voltaire´s famous poem), but also nowadays.
even 9/11 can be easily combined with this issue. edward rothstein writes under the header of "defining evil in the wake of 9/11": it seems all too familiar: on a fall morning in a major city, civilization is disrupted. In less than a halfhour, buildings are destroyed, thousands are killed, the sky turns dark with dust. philosophers and religious leaders invoke the concept of evil. some blame the sinful behavior of the citizenry and cite divine retribution; others believe that civil society will soon restore itself.

nun, zugegeben, auf der folie von sauseschritt´s lektüre der zeitreisen der


sophie calle is a french artist who works with photographs and performances, placing herself in situations almost as if she and the people she encounters were fictional. she also imposes elements of her own life onto public places creating a personal narrative where she is both author and character. she has been called a detective and a voyeur and her pieces involve serious investigations as well as natural curiousity reads sauseschritt.

ich bewunderte ihn seit jeher von ferne - seit meiner kindheit. an einem 8. november - ich war dreißig - erlaubte er mir, ihn zu besuchen. er wohnte hundert kilometer weg von paris. in meinem koffer hatte ich ein brautkleid aus weißer seide, mit einer kleinen schleppe. ich zog es an, für unsere gemeinsame nacht.
schreibt sie im tableau "das brautkleid" (serie "appointment with sigmund freud").
weitere tableaus: -> sophie calle wearing sigmund freud´s coat -> die katzen -> der rote schuh ->der bademantel -> der liebesbrief -> die rivalin.
ach ja, assoziationen: davon war ja auf sauseschritt auch in bezug auf [freud ...] schon einmal die rede.
we all know about this new form of madness, called active aging. the attitude behind is trying to forget about becoming older and older, day by day. although mg. accused me of "aging quietly" (whatever he wanted to express!), sauseschritt prefers the process of "passive aging": becoming older and beeing aware of it. of couse, there are some tools to support the making up of your (historic) mind.



danke, b.

where would you like to live on this map?
albania is facing an unusual, if elusive, stumbling block to ever joining the european union: very few people there seem to know where they live. you can find this (slobby) attention raiser as the first sentence in an articel by askold krushelnycky titled where the streets (and towns) have no name: albania.
sauseschritt wishes to thank flaschenpost, a california based european weblog, for the post, which made him aware of the fact, that some of the citizens of our world are so much used to be identified by external tags and loose their right to exist, if they do NOT have these. well, sauseschritt strongly believes that albanians and their friends and relatives do know where they live. also other tagless citizens, who constitute the majority of people on our planet, do so. only tag - bearers seem to be puzzled that people without tags are able to exist. all of a sudden, with mr. krusheelnycky´s article, a whole country looses his right to live in europe ..........

madam professor mortensen wishes to tell us the following:
i am saying that everybody has a certain level of "couldn't care lessessness". At that point we stop wanting things to be better, and want them to be simpler, lighter or smaller instead.
of course, she is talking about thoughts creeping into our minds, when we already bought something cool, which we cannot handle easily. Like drug addicts we do not think about what comes after, when we are short before the shot ....




wer will schon zeitungen lesen? heutzutage kann man über alles reden und hört dabei auch die orthografischen fehler nicht. zeitungen kosten, wie der name schon sagt, eine menge zeit, die wir nicht haben. Inaff ist inaff, wie der engländer sagt.
es lohnt, weiter nachzulesen. wer frau zeh noch nicht kennen sollte, dem sei ihr neues buch ans herz gelegt. wer sauseschritts notizen deshalb schätzt, weil der sgn. balkan immer wieder thema sein will, dem sei ergänzend gesagt: die autorin hat auch ein buch über ihre
