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Did you do DN? [badge]Yes[/badge]
How long did you do nothing today? [badge]10min / per 5min[/badge]
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5min DN at Ballhaus Ost – exhibition opening / in between everybody
5min DN ZKU (Center for Art & Urbanistics) / Terrace / Bar / in between everybody
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To blank out in between a social situation is possible but difficult if you are not moving away from the crowd. You may get talked to especially BECAUSE you look so peaceful and „away“ or „super-present“…
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I like to be „away“ AND „super-present“ through inhaling the WHOLE scene, not just because of or with my partner I talk to. The room, the light, the clutter of sound, the voices, the music, the feeling of my body against the chair, the breeze of air…
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Very good because the short „blank outs“ where refreshing and kept me from wanting too much.
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BEFORE: Interesting, I do not add the time in the exhibition, because I was paying too much attention on the meaning and making of concerning the artworks and words on display. I did not want to disregard my friends and their work and felt I want to ponder about it and have an conscious impact. DN would have blurred that, I think.
WHILE: Super. The whole scene came out of the curtains. It was always there, but if you pay attention to everything around you, suddenly, it reveals a different layer, the „situation“. Great.
AFTER: Very good, only that I jumped into a conversation and listened more closely as someone mentioned „zoophilia“, sex with animals. Damn distractions…
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Did you do DN? [badge]Yes[/badge]
How long did you do nothing today? [badge]15min / per 15min[/badge]
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While sitting in the subway and waiting for the next connection I watched people hurrying by and at the same time I watched my thoughts.. Waiting in the cathedral near the confessional box for my romantic appointment…
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The hollowness of existence discomforts me a little – “to be” needs no deeper sense.. presence is there – no justification needed… The flow of thoughts easily disturbs that presence… Where does that come from? Don`t know. It does not matter, it should look after itself..
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When I`m under pressure DN is crucial, more than ever… I found, that i don`t know what I want because I don`t know who I really am… F**k it!! The solution is DN – I get rid of all the misconceptions and old definitions about my life and me… they are definitely not necessary!
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My “waiting” has been thrilling – I was fully present in the here and now, like a cat before the mousehole – but not strung up, not expectant – instead fully here. Had a bad conscience again, because it was a very short exercise again, I kind of idle my idleness experience… Do I still have a superego? Still scared…
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Met by two occasions the same Asian guy which I saw at the thermal spa… Amazing! Why doesn`t that happen in the same way with women??
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