India Wittmershaus
The Feeling of Safety
"I feel safe. This World is evil and dark and yet I feel safe.
What are the odds of that?"
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India Wittmershaus
Jul 28
The Last Judgment
In the Sistine Chapel sits an old man. His eyes fixed on Michelangelo's painting. He knows it soon is time; time for his last judgment.
India Wittmershaus
Jun 10
The Ending of a Night
A story filled with impressions of a day fading into night and the liveliness of a warm summer's night.
India Wittmershaus
May 19
Memories
Memory is fleeting and all the more with age, yet some memories remain in this short story.
India Wittmershaus
Mar 25
Grief
"My mother died. [...] How do you live without a mother?"
India Wittmershaus
Feb 11
To Love a Stranger
"I'm in love with my neighbor. Not always and not everywhere, just in the evening, when the world is hidden in darkness and I see her."
India Wittmershaus
Jan 28
Do You Know This Feeling?
Do you know this feeling? You are breathing. You breathe in the whole world.
India Wittmershaus
Nov 26, 2023
The Day of the First Snow
It has gotten cold. It smells of snow. The street is filled with people.
India Wittmershaus
Oct 29, 2023
Ode to the Bahnhof
There is a place. A construction trailer. Lovingly renovated.
A workshop. A roof from which you can see the sun rise.
India Wittmershaus
Oct 15, 2023
The Table
I would like to tell you my story. It is a story of quietly observing in an ever-changing world. To understand, I am a table...
India Wittmershaus
Oct 1, 2023
In Silence
A brother and a sister and a silence that accompanies them since childhood. A silence that takes many forms and means many things.
India Wittmershaus
Sep 17, 2023
Bedtime Story
"Once upon a time, in another world, a world far from ours where equality reigned, justice and freedom, ..."
India Wittmershaus
Aug 6, 2023
Summer
I was not old enough to understand what happened. But I was old enough to understand that something had happened and that it was not good.
India Wittmershaus
Jun 4, 2023
Rotunda
Two centuries have passed since the Rotunda was built. The events of this world broke through the Rotunda in waves and yet it still stands.
India Wittmershaus
May 22, 2023
I Like You
"You know what I've always wanted to tell you?" He looked at her expectantly from the doorframe.
India Wittmershaus
May 7, 2023
April in Pictures
Berlin in April - a photo story.
India Wittmershaus
May 7, 2023
Growing Up
A poem.
India Wittmershaus
May 7, 2023
A Letter
This letter is for you. I write it with you in mind. But you will never read these lines. So, this letter is for me.
India Wittmershaus
Apr 7, 2023
Menstruation
"Every pain is different. And every pain is felt differently." - A personal account.
India Wittmershaus
Mar 19, 2023
Sheds
A drawing.
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