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Hiding in one’s studies at an unexciting Ort – For what? Contemplating on setting out, yet remaining for a while, can be the experience of a continual coming and going: an exchange of ideas and inspirations from other discussions. Every dislocation or new encounter away von dem Ort follows a change of perception: a personal discovery, the beginning of a journey. The beginning of a journey to find an environment and a way of thinking, einen Ort he or she can identify with.
Desire, a rebellion against the prevailing thinking vor Ort, curiosity for unexpected riches, passion for the unknown, … all make him or her set out to wander around questioning. Every step brings new discoveries, new questions. Every step leads to a new step, some might lead back to a familiar environment to contemplate, to rethink the following step. Irritated, lost and impossible to continue. But then again certainty replaces uncertainty, or the fearlessness of certainty is replaced by uncertainty, and the insatiable desire for discovery returns. Onwards, where he or she leaves behind traces, traces others might follow. Trails might emerge, become known. Orientation replaces disorientation. Bored, exhausted yet restless. ...