Hawai‘i Literature & Art
— Since 1978 —
We live in a time, my friend, where genius in art and science is measured in money. We live in a time, where beauty is only acknowledged, if it can be sold. We live in a time, where Goethe and Schiller would never be published, a time where Shakespeare would end as a curbside beggar,…
Recently I gave a presentation at the annual symposium of the German Geographical Society’s Marine and Coastal research group. The topic was the Hawaiian Ahupua land- and coastal management concept and how it compares to modern integrated coastal zone management concepts. A few people were interested in more details and were quite amazed about the…
I close my eyes. I am thinking, trying to fathom where I am. How did I get here? I close my eyes and remember how I once lifted up my eyes to the sky And I saw, to my amazement, despite knowing it, that the stars looked different. What amazed me was that somehow, magically,…