Tom Schroepfer

Tom Schroepfer commented on the post, How to write and make a living 5 years, 2 months ago

One of the most cited refutations against unconditional basic income, is the presumption, that people won’t see a need anymore to take care for necessary everyday work/job and matters, that benefit others, but […]
Tom Schroepfer commented on the post, How to write and make a living 5 years, 2 months ago

I have to ask a question, that has not been mentioned (or subtle mentioned) in this Blog yet, but that has hunted me since the beginning:
Do you writers claim yourselves as artists?
I mean, I don’t want to […]
Tom Schroepfer commented on the post, How to write and make a living 5 years, 2 months ago

Nyana, your input specifies a question which has already been discussed in a subtle kind of way in this Blog, I think. Or not the question, but the topic of writing and earning money. It appears to me as a […]
Tom Schroepfer commented on the post, How to tell their stories 5 years, 2 months ago

I just ordered it at my favourite book dealer – two weeks waiting!! looking forward to it!
Tom Schroepfer commented on the post, Lantern Meet’s What Shall We Name This Child: Behind The Scenes 5 years, 2 months ago

I agree with you and the quoted passages, but want to add and share an experience I had at the weekend:
One of my best friends was celebrating a decadal birthday (friends, family, colleagues, etc., everyone […]
Tom Schroepfer commented on the post, Lantern Meet’s What Shall We Name This Child: Behind The Scenes 5 years, 2 months ago

Ah, ok, I didn’t get that in the first moment.
Nevertheless, I still wonder whether the experiences they made with the recital/ with performing (their) texts, are influencing the poems or (their) ways of creating […]
Tom Schroepfer wrote a new post, TALKS ON READING 5 years, 2 months ago

Mariya: Good morning, Tom, let me start our dialogue (to follow Fromm here in his claim that the best thing in life is to begin). After reading the stimulating discussions up to now, I thought we might offer an […]
Tom Schroepfer commented on the post, Lantern Meet’s What Shall We Name This Child: Behind The Scenes 5 years, 2 months ago

Did I get that right?:
First, they write their poems, second, they train their general performance skills, third, they perform their poems in rehearsal conditions, fourth, they perform their poems in a […]
Tom Schroepfer commented on the post, Writing in changing places – Concepts of being at home 5 years, 2 months ago

I forgot to enquire:
Deborah, I looked up Ubuntu and found out that it is a word in Zulu – is there a philosophical movement behind?
And could you find parallels between the ‘ubuntuan’ way of perceiving an I and […]
Tom Schroepfer commented on the post, Writing in changing places – Concepts of being at home 5 years, 2 months ago

Sure, european thinking and way(s) of perception(s) are deeply influenced by the insight (or cognition(!)) “cogito ergo sum”, so deep, that it is rooted in our everyday language (english, german, french, etc.). Do […]
Tom Schroepfer commented on the post, Talks on Writing Prose 5 years, 2 months ago

This reminds me of some variations in improvisational theater, where actors don’t try to generate ideas by planing a dramatic composition for a happening by creating well conceived characters or a story arc, but […]
Tom Schroepfer commented on the post, Writing in changing places – Concepts of being at home 5 years, 2 months ago

First: as it is my first comment I have to say that the high leveled speed of response in this blog is impressive(!); and second: Thank you Nikolas for the possibility to tie in with this.
Our small Bremen-Group […]
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