Airports as non-places of inequality

Even though many people won’t pay much attention to it, I think it’s hard to ignore the often colourful and uniquely designed carpets in airports in Southeast Asia. It became a thing to photograph the carpets and let my Instagram followers guess which country I arrived in when I travelled regularly in 2019.  In The … Continue reading Airports as non-places of inequality

How to deal with soul sickness zozobra? 

The zozobra marionette representing anguish, anxiety and gloom is being burned every year in September in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Image from Flickr. Have you ever heard of the word 'zozobra'? It was new to me until this afternoon when I went through my notes of Naomi Klein’s book Doppelganger. She mentions ‘zozobra’ somewhere at the beginning … Continue reading How to deal with soul sickness zozobra? 

How can we see reality as it is in 2024? 

Photo by Alexandra on Unsplash Goals goals goals A friend sent me a meme this week with the text “My goal in 2024 is to accomplish the goals I set in 2023 which I should have done in 2022 because I made a promise in 2021 which I planned in 2020”. I thought of it … Continue reading How can we see reality as it is in 2024?