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: '''Answer''' To be honest, it's intimidating to talk to [[About this website#CERTIFICATE|someone]] who knows everything and forgets nothing.<br/> | : '''Answer''' To be honest, it's intimidating to talk to [[About this website#CERTIFICATE|someone]] who knows everything and forgets nothing.<br/> | ||
'''Questioner''' What can I say? — Let's just start. What skills do you have, apart from education and work experience?<br/> | '''Questioner''' What can I say? — Let's just start. What skills do you have, apart from education and work experience?<br/> | ||
: '''A''' I have a strong intuition and notice things that others miss. [silence] I make good decisions instinctively. I can also explain | : '''A''' I have a strong intuition and notice things that others miss. [silence] I make good decisions instinctively. I can also explain afterward ''exactly'' why I did something.<br/> | ||
'''Q''' Really? Kierkegaard wrote in his diary: »Life is lived forwards and understood backwards.« You are an expert on life itself? Well. What weaknesses do you see in yourself?<br/> | '''Q''' Really? Kierkegaard wrote in his diary: »Life is lived forwards and understood backwards.« You are an expert on life itself? Well, well. What weaknesses do you see in yourself?<br/> | ||
: '''A''' Hm. [silent] I am curious and when I have understood something for myself, I lose interest.<br/> | : '''A''' Hm. [silent] I am curious and when I have understood something for myself, I lose interest.<br/> | ||
'''Q''' Why is that a problem? | '''Q''' Why is that a problem? | ||
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: '''A''' Exactly — in business.<br/> | : '''A''' Exactly — in business.<br/> | ||
'''Q''' You have spent a lot of time on artistic work, but without success or a career …<br/> | '''Q''' You have spent a lot of time on artistic work, but without success or a career …<br/> | ||
: '''A''' At first I was irritated by the fact that I couldn't explain what fascinated me about some artworks. Later I saw possibilities in creative work | : '''A''' At first I was irritated by the fact that I couldn't explain what fascinated me about some artworks. Later, I saw possibilities in creative work the computer didn't seem to have. Success in the eyes of others wasn't important to me. [silence] I also wanted to avoid controversies.<br/> | ||
'''Q''' Then you worked on a novel for 7 years. How did that come about?<br/> | '''Q''' Then you worked on a novel for 7 years. How did that come about?<br/> | ||
: '''A''' I spent about half of | : '''A''' I spent about half of my time formatting.<br/> | ||
'''Q''' Excuse me? | '''Q''' Excuse me? | ||
: '''A''' Just kidding. In September 2014 the fear of dying showed me there is a meaning to my life. This gave me | : '''A''' Just kidding. In September 2014 the fear of dying showed me there is a meaning to my life. This gave me confidence to understand my incomprehensible path in life. And I got it. I just misjudged the effort, slightly. But seriously, half the time I studied theory related to what I was writing about.<br/> | ||
'''Q''' Slightly, I like that. And now you've lost interest in yourself?<br/> | '''Q''' Slightly misjudged, I like that. And now you've lost interest in yourself?<br/> | ||
: '''A''' [laughs] Touché. Yes, that's exactly how it is. | : '''A''' [laughs] Touché. Yes, that's exactly how it is. | ||
'''Q''' How is that?<br/> | '''Q''' How is that?<br/> | ||
: '''A''' I'm | : '''A''' I'm relieved beyond belief, grateful and happy. | ||
'''Q''' Why? For you that's the end of it.<br/> | '''Q''' Why? For you, that's the end of it.<br/> | ||
: '''A''' For people like me, who | : '''A''' For people like me, who never 'rest', that's vital.</br> | ||
'''Q''' You're a drama queen, aren't you? ''Vital?''<br/> | '''Q''' You're a drama queen, aren't you? ''Vital?''<br/> | ||
: '''A''' Being able to break away from work | : '''A''' Being able to break away from work you are absorbed in. That's vital for us.<br/> | ||
'''Q''' Good. We have to come to an end. You don't seem to be politically active anymore. Why do you list | '''Q''' Good. We have to come to an end. You don't seem to be politically active anymore. Why do you list the activism of your school days here, anyway?<br/> | ||
: '''A''' And those during my studies too … — I saw my credibility and thus me as a person damaged in 1986 with Chernobyl and destroyed with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. I am proud to have deciphered these errors and to be [[Personal Motifs|at peace with myself]]. I also no longer see man and machine as opposites, which is crucial for my work.<br/> | : '''A''' And those during my studies too … — I saw my credibility and thus me as a person damaged in 1986 with Chernobyl and destroyed with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. I am proud to have deciphered these errors and to be [[Personal Motifs|at peace with myself]]. I also no longer see man and machine as opposites, which is crucial for my upcoming work.<br/> | ||
'''Q''' OK. Then that is that for now, and thank you for your efforts | '''Q''' OK. Then that is that for now, and thank you for your efforts.<br/> | ||
: '''A''' With pleasure. My thanks for the attention. | : '''A''' With pleasure. My thanks for the attention. | ||