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April 2021

-  The Dream of Flying -

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Almost everyone I know has flown in a dream. I myself fondly remember a dream sequence when I was sitting in a blossoming apple tree in a meadow and took off as if it were a matter of course to reach the next tree with a few swings of my arms.

Again and again, I think of this dream. But I haven't yet had the courage to try flying myself. I admire the kitesurfers and hang-gliders, the paragliders and parachutists, the glider pilots and balloonists, in fact anyone who takes to the skies, for their daring and determination. I myself am afraid of doing the wrong thing at the decisive moment when handling them, of ignoring reason for sheer bliss, like Icarus.

I love birds for being able to move through the air so easily and naturally. The sparrows and pigeons, the songbirds and migrants, the hawks, owls and macaws – simply all of them. I deeply pity birds in cages. Once I had a cockatiel in my care. Immediately I opened the cage door for him and a short time later he climbed onto his birdcage with claws and beak, tripped back and forth excitedly for a while, then flapped his wings vigorously a few times. The poor bird was completely covered in dust and suddenly sank into a cloud of vapour. It was sad in itself, but I had to laugh. Eventually he flew a few rounds in my room and chose the big old tiled stove as his new domicile and my hanging plants as places to go. Jakko stayed with me for a few weeks and, shortly after I gave him back to a friend, inexplicably disappeared from his cage on the balcony. I am sure he had found a way to get himself out of it. He who can fly, let him fly: 'May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.'

Unfortunately, humans are not capable of flying, but we can do many other things. For some, the dream of flying stands for the longing for freedom and independence. For me, it stands for the desire to get moving again without a care in the world.

 

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