Here's to a new beginning!
- Jost Sagasser M.A.
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
My joy is immense - after a total of 24 years and the last two and a half very
After eventful years in my adopted home of Aschaffenburg, I have turned my back on this Lower Franconian city. Last night, I set off for the Baltic Sea in my fully loaded Golf and arrived there this afternoon. As I subsequently learned, my entire household belongings, which I had picked up from Breslauer Straße 8 last Tuesday by a shipping company, did not arrive in Dummerstorf on the Baltic Sea as planned, but are instead in a storage facility near Pfungstadt, close to Darmstadt. The shipping company was apparently unable to read my written instructions, let alone carry them out.
A silent, immobile Germany
Here again, I experience our country, where people, for example, when shopping in the supermarket, either don't react at all to a friendly approach or respond aggressively, in a very, very entrenched and inflexible situation. The situation in the German automotive industry , which, as the core of the German economy, must be considered extremely serious, can therefore be seen as a broader reflection of this inflexibility.
Inner strength
Given the current situation regarding my interior, I'm still unsure where my new home will be. For a long time, I considered the beautiful island of Rügen a possible new location, also as a setting for my artistic endeavors with my company , L-art . I hoped to establish a market for my artwork in this place, where many affluent people live and others seek and perhaps find peace as tourists. However, I'm now less convinced that Germany is a viable market. In our country and in people's faces, I see not only aggression but also a profound fear of the present and the future. In this era, where political power structures in our world are increasingly fragmenting, shifting, and undergoing a new order, most people lack the apparent stability offered by government and politics. Following the already crisis-ridden years of the early 2020s, this trend is clearly continuing. The wars in Iran, around Israel, and in Ukraine are fundamentally connected to this.
Causes of crisis and aggression
If people are unwilling and unable to provide themselves with inner strength, this insecurity usually leads to the widespread hatred and aggression towards others that we see today. Thus, in these days and weeks , the only constant for any development or decision-making process is change . This motto of mine is a saying that my former partner, Gudrun, sent me almost 20 years ago, when we were still a couple, as a postcard featuring a boat against an Asian backdrop. I am still grateful to her for it. :D
