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29 mars 2020, photo, Stuttgart, texte

numbers

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exponential growth over 7 days demonstrated with coffee beans

505,375, 58,247, 37,575, 123,898

Every day I am looking at numbers and trying to make meaning of them. I look at different maps, graphics, desperate to comprehend the full meaning. Sometimes I find them comforting. They make me feel like I am in control. 

“Germany is still below Iran. Well that’s good,” I say to myself. “Our death rates are still pretty low. What about France? How are they doing? Infection rates are lower. Good for France. What about those little countries? Greece only has about 100. They are okay.” 

It’s as if I am observing a sports match and analysing teams. I don’t even watch sports.

Then the numbers become too much. I get overwhelmed. I can’t comprehend the factors; exponential rates of growth. The control is lost.

22 mars 2020, photo, Stuttgart, texte

Patience and Presence.

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It is my first post and I apologise for waxing philosophical. It seems the only way to start. I promise to be funny and ironic with stories from the German front, but today is a bit more quiet.

I admit. It’s hard not to feel an overwhelming sense of relief to have the time to find one’s own rhythm without the pressure of imposed structures. To feel the natural flow of the day. To cook when hungry, and to sleep when tired. I feel my body’s need to move, and I submit. I feel my mind’s need to escape, and I read. I feel the urge to create, and I paint.

Finally.