Freedom, challenges and the path to your own calling?
Life as a dropout really does present many challenges. If you ask me, one of the most important and sometimes most burning issues is finding someone to live with for a certain period of time. You're constantly under pressure because you don't know where you're going to sleep for the next month and whether everything will be okay. Probably the second biggest challenge, as many people can already imagine, is earning money. As a stateless person - and if you want to remain one - you can't take on a legal, taxable job, and so your options are rapidly reduced.
I admit that even when I was still registered in Germany, I wasn't always employed. During a period of depression, I lived on state support, which may satisfy my hunger, but it's a disaster for my self-confidence. You feel small, because I'm convinced that deep down everyone wants to be a valuable part of society. But with or without a job, I simply felt out of place in both situations because it was never the life that fulfilled me and made me happy. After all, a career comes from a vocation, so you should already know at school what your strengths and desires for life are so that you don't go astray later on and, in the worst case, fall into burnout and depression.
It was my art that saved me from this depression, because a key unique selling point of my art is the “YouJourney” test. This test, which I put together, is aimed precisely at the questions “Who am I?” and “What are my gifts and talents that I want to share with the world?” If you would like to take this test, just write to me and we'll make an appointment.
But back to what happened yesterday:
Busker As mentioned, it's tough to make money as a dropout - yes, that printed paper that serves as a clever middleman and is basically a good thing, just currently in short supply. I am left with two options that I can implement quickly: The first is to give away my art and receive financial compensation in return. As long as I don't put a price tag on my art and receive a donation instead, everything is within the legally recognized framework. The second option is my guitar. It's my wild card, so yesterday I tried my hand at busking again after ten years. I simply played my songs on the shopping street in Cologne.
Sidewalk personality development
I have to say that my time as a dropout has changed a lot in terms of personal development. The fears and inhibitions that I still had some time ago are hardly noticeable anymore. It was unimaginably wonderful to stand up and make music for people, to meet them from the heart and send beautiful sounds out into the world. It was incredible fun and I was able to sing from deep inside myself. A feeling of freedom, without inner blockages. I didn't want to stop at all. A few donations were also collected, as well as a lot of love and positive feedback from passers-by. I think it went quite well for a Tuesday in a working week when people tend to be stressed and in a bad mood. I should try it again at the weekend when people are more relaxed.
Frequency Art: Exhibition at Macherdaach
P.S. Art exhibition with Magnus The next few weeks will be very turbulent for me again, with lots of traveling and various overnight stays. But I'm looking forward to Saturday in a week's time: on September 28, Magnus and I will be exhibiting our frequency painting, the “LOGOS-Orion”, at the “Macherdaach” - in the ZTL Center for Technology Culture, a workshop full of nerds that I've already visited once with Magnus. I have to say, nerds are probably some of my favorite people. They present and showcase a number of self-built technology projects and constructions. It's a cool place full of colorful people. If you're from the Landau in der Pfalz area, feel free to drop by. It's a public event and you're invited. Let me know, and take a look at some exciting home-made inventions and of course the LOGOS Orion that we'll be exhibiting there. Maybe we'll see you there!
Link to the Macherdaach: https://ztl.space/macherdaach/