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Kristian<p>Closing in on 10pm, cautiously as if this line of hours makes any difference in a particular evening. Windows open wide again to watch the city edging between restless business and restless sleep, eyes just half-opened then again to also watch the inner world somewhere in between the desire to keep moving, the desire to rest and the physical limitations encountered then and now. New dusk new dreams but like pieces of a puzzle, only matching to some unclear degree. Have a calm night wherever you are!</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=later+that+day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>later that day</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=half+awake+half+asleep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>half awake half asleep</span></a></p>
Kristian<p>Immer noch, immer wieder trüber Frühling. Einzelne Kerzen, milchiger Himmel, stille Äste. Die Zimmerdecke wirkt höher als sonst. Eine andere Fliege. Ein Hauch von Spinnweben in der Ecke. Die Klarinette spielt wieder, mehr Musik braucht es gerade nicht.</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=later+that+day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>later that day</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=in+between" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>in between</span></a></p>
KristianThe grey and the pale.<br><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=smartphonephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smartphonephotography</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=dresden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dresden</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=afternoons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>afternoons</span></a><br><a href="https://some.pics/680a52d157a6b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">some.pics/680a52d157a6b</a>
Kristian<p>4pm and on. Dressed, ready, waiting to get through lighter rain. Moving against tensions, feeling bones and joints and the rigid posture of the day. Watching people emptying mailboxes just across the street, wondering for a moment how living in an office neighbourhood must be like. (Distractions for the afternoon.)</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=later+that+day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>later that day</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=commute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commute</span></a></p>
Kristian<p>Mittagspausengrau. Fischreiher, zerzaust, hoch auf Beton, während der Wind unten kleine Kreise über den Teich schickt. Regentropfen rinnen an Fensterscheiben hinab, gegenüber werden Wohnzimmer und Terrasse gefegt und Vorleger aus dem Badezimmer geschüttelt. Wechsel zwischen Themen, Sitzungen, Kanälen, in hoher Geschwindigkeit, während Stunden weiterziehen und in der Büroküche der Mikrowellenherd nach Aufmerksamkeit ruft. Unruhiger Geist, keine Sonne.</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=office+hours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>office hours</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=where+we+do+what+we+do" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>where we do what we do</span></a></p>
Kristian<p>Closing in on 10am. A veil of rain and the scent of wet concrete. Doves on the sidewalk, past the crossroad. Calls back and forth, and the challenges of getting all relevant people into the same topic at the same time.</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=office+hour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>office hour</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=where+we+do+what+we+do" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>where we do what we do</span></a></p>
Kristian<p>Nebengrundstück, in Formung begriffen: Am Durchgang zur Straße ringen verschiedene Arten von Grün um die Vorherrschaft in der Hecke. Währenddessen reißen Bagger einige Meter weiter Baugruben in sandigen Boden, brechen dürre Bäume und schälen Bodendecker in große Container. Geruch von Diesel, Erde, geschnittenem Gras. (Geschichten von Brennesseln, Mut und schmerzenden Fingern. Dunstiger Horizont. Noch unterwegs.)</p><p>📷 lost-in-moments</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=office+hours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>office hours</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=waking+to+the+day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waking to the day</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=smartphonephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smartphonephotography</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=lost+in+moments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lost in moments</span></a></p>
Kristian<p>(Nach der Dämmerung ist vor der Dämmerung, das Gähnen dasselbe auf beiden Seiten der Träume. Autotüren öffnen und schließen, die Pendler nebenan brechen heute früher als gewohnt auf in den Gang ihres Morgens. Durchatmen vor dem Spiegel. Beobachtend, wie sich der eigene Brustkorb hebt und senkt. Puls in den Venen, bewegte Nasenflügel. Kurz Blickkontakt suchend, aber schnell ausweichend. Wie so häufig. Merklich vor dem ersten Kaffee, noch am Rande des Erwachens, kein Raum für Experimente gleich welcher Art. Habt es mild heute!)</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=the+early+hours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>the early hours</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=waking+to+the+day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waking to the day</span></a></p>
Kristian<p>A bit later, measured time differing from perceived time again. Last light of this day fading into the Western horizon, a few stars flickering to claim a velvet sky. Stretching on a hard floor. Humming with the late traffic. Different strategies to tackle tensions, few of them actually work. Have a quiet night wherever you are.</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=later+that+day+later+that+night" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>later that day later that night</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=always+in+between" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>always in between</span></a></p>
Kristian<p>Abendrituale, auch: Wäschekeller. Einzählen der Maschine mit den Fingern, immer verschämt und darauf hoffend, zufälliger Beobachtung zu entgehen. Entlang der Höfe auf den Balkonen wird gegessen und getrunken, Menschen diskutieren über Grundeinkommen und künstliche Intelligenz und es sind jene Situationen, in denen man zusieht, Abstand zu gewinnen. Getrieben, nervös, verspannt. Und gedanklich immer noch Stunden zurück.</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=later+that+evening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>later that evening</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=backyards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backyards</span></a></p>
KristianThese weeks again.<br><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=smartphonephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smartphonephotography</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spring</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=dresden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dresden</span></a><br><a href="https://some.pics/68093221d2860" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">some.pics/68093221d2860</a>
Kristian<p>Close to 4pm again. Grouping tabs to close them in one click. Pinning together loose sheets of paper to throw them away in one careless wave of hand. Cleaning up, minimized effort, a relieving feeling to set a tone for the afternoon. Hopefully.</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=office+hours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>office hours</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=where+we+do+what+we+do" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>where we do what we do</span></a></p>
Kristian<p>Mittag abseits der laufenden Themen: Schlagworte, Namen, Titel, Wege in den Kaninchenbau. Manche Themen verfangen mehr als andere. Weinbeeren, Joghurt, Sinnieren über ferne und nahe Vergangenheiten, Wertvorstellungen und Macht. Und dann blättert man weiter, weil befriedigende Ergebnisse ausbleiben und der Geist durch die Irrungen nur schwerer wird. (Telefonklingeln. Baustellenlärm mit dem Geschmack von Beton und Stahl. Drucker im Dauerbetrieb, nebenan; einige Besprechungen abgesagt, andere überzogen. Verhängter Himmel, blasses Licht.)</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=office+hours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>office hours</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=where+we+do+what+we+do" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>where we do what we do</span></a></p>
Kristian<p>10am and on. Cutting bigger problems into smaller problems. Noticing the solutions still don't seem to really fit. Rinse. Repeat. (Unsure whether things are too big still or too small already. Scalability issues, all the time.)</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=where+we+do+what+we+do" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>where we do what we do</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=office+hours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>office hours</span></a></p>
Kristian<p>(Antworten und Fragen am Wegesrand: Schattenspiele, Blattwerk, Dickicht. Suchen nach, Verstecken vor der Sonne. Bahnbewegungen, der Geruch von abgeriebenem Stahl und heißen Bremsen. Pausenklingel einer Schule, auf dem Parkplatz vor einem fremden Supermarkt laden fremde Bedienstete robust verpackte Blumen aus einem nachlässig abgestellten Transporter. Schwingen auf verschiedenen Frequenzen, noch keine Resonanz.)</p><p>📷 lost-in-moments</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=lost+in+moments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lost in moments</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=smartphonephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smartphonephotography</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=office+hours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>office hours</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=where+we+do+what+we+do" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>where we do what we do</span></a></p>
Kristian<p>Die ungewöhnliche Intensität von Monaten, auf Augenblicke komprimiert, in wirren Träumen jener letzten zehn Minuten, für die man vor dem Klingeln des Weckers nochmal einschläft und dann aufschreckt, Zeit und Ort zu verstehen sucht, sich an Möbeln und Schatten stößt, über die eigenen Füße stolpert und irgendwann wieder am Küchentisch sitzt, Tassenwärme spürt und sich müht, der heutigen Realität eigene Konturen zuzuschreiben. Durchblättern der Protokolle der Nacht. Vorsortieren von Wichtigem aus Rauschen. Und Hineinhören in die lauter werdenden Geräusche der Höfe, das vielstimmige Erwachen unter langsam wiederkehrendem Tageslicht. Habt es mild heute!</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=waking+to+the+day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waking to the day</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=the+early+hours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>the early hours</span></a></p>
Kristian<p>Finally, transcending into standby. Trying to keep open ends sorted while making sure music won't be playing for the rest of the night. Preserving some tabs, storing some notes, letting everything else quietly disappear with the last daylight. Traffic becoming noticeable as all other sounds fall asleep. A dream, but as a hope. Have a pleasant night wherever you are.</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+cit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete cit</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=later+that+day+later+that+night" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>later that day later that night</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=half+awake+half+asleep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>half awake half asleep</span></a></p>
Kristian<p>(Ladespannung erreicht, grüne Leuchtpunkte im Heimbüro. Uplink nach Irgendwo, immer wieder Gedanken daran ausblendend, wo die anderen Enden der Verbindungen stehen. Pappeln wie ein Scherenschnitt vor der ausklingenden Dämmerung, reglos und bis in die Untiefen des nervösen Selbst beruhigend. Haustüren schlagen, in Wohnungen werden Esstische gedeckt, Flaschen geöffnet. Der Abend verabscheut leere Gläser.)</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=later+that+day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>later that day</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=slowing+down" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slowing down</span></a></p>
Kristian<p>4pm and on. Commuters leaving offices, kids screaming on a playground, a huge dog sleeping near a park bench. Changing clothes, hats, moods, places. Accelerating wheels, thin rubber on old streets and the sound of bushes and trees hushing by. Focused and deviant at the same time. The hours melt.</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=office+hours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>office hours</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=later+that+day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>later that day</span></a></p>
Kristian<p>Einige Stunden weiter, Reisegeschwindigkeit, kein Sprint, aber auch kein Schlendern. Immer noch Wattewolken vor den Augen hinter den Augen, einige Gänge weiter wird der Geschirrspüler bestückt und das Klappern von Messern und Gabeln und Tellern hallt in ferienleeren Räumen wider. Ein hellblauer Osterhase aus Schokolade sitzt auf dem Schreibtisch und überblickt die Tasten, einen nicht ausgerichteten Stapel von losen Zetteln und Kugelschreiberzwillinge, die sich erfolglos hinter einer Kaffeetasse verstecken wollen. Alte Systeme, neue Fehlerzustände. Zumindest eine Art von Veränderung.</p><p><a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=outerworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outerworld</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=concrete+city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concrete city</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=office+hours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>office hours</span></a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=later+that+day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>later that day</span></a></p>