GUESTS OF DAY 09 - April 28th


Tonight, I was visited by my colleagues Verena Schiml and Oliver Schmid, as well as by Björn Börris Peters, a graphic designer.

The evening brought forth some interesting things, as my guests revealed some sides I hadn't known in them before. Oliver for example picked a special favourite Jesus, based on his knowledge about Jerusalem, rather than on the actual image. Not that this analytical approach was a big surprise, but I wouldn't have expected for Oliver to react in an almost emotional way to role of Jerusalem in the history of "modern man".

Verena however showed a leven of interest I would not have expected. I could have, however, since she is painting herself and so I could have assumed a certain level of interest in motives, techniques and the whole project. All in all I have to say that with many people whose visit I would have classified as a matter of being friendly to a colleague or being interested what a colleague does in his spare time, it has developed into very interesting evenings with interesting conversations about God, chruch, belief and so on. None of the talks are overtly serious but the topic seems to spark a motivation for psychologically and philiosophically toned conversations.

Björn, who I don't know very well, argued not only from a graphic designers point of view, but also from a spiritual. He spent a lot of time taking in the many many details of the different motives.

For me this evening symbolizes the potential of finding hidden layers in people's personality through projects like this. I'm sure I'm quting nothing new here, but if you want to get to know other people, it's best done through something you are passionate about. The way people react to that can tell you a lot about them. And I'm not talking about how much they like you, but about their own selves. If you are interested in other people, that is.