Life as art - a search for traces between finiteness and eternity
The book series "BIOGRAPHY IN ART" by the Academy of Wisdom, edited by Kati Voß, views life as an ongoing work of art and invites us to understand our own existence as an expression of a permanent work of art. In a poetic-philosophical manner, themes such as farewell, memory and the traces that our lives leave behind are reflected.
Volume I - REUNION IN A NOISY WORLD - The finiteness of eternity – Ein Buch über Abschied, Erinnerung und die Stille, die bleibt. Eine Reflexion über das Vergehen und das, was uns verbindet. (erschienen am 14.03.2023, 2. überarbeitete Auflage erschienen 10.12.2025 )
Volume II - BIOGRAPHY OF LIFE - Leaving a trace – An exploration of the traces that our lives leave behind - in words, encounters and experiences. (published on 12/08/2024)
Volume III - KREUZZUG DER TREUE – Die Abkehr vom Ich – Ein Roman über Risse im Gefüge, über Gelöbnisse, die zu Masken wurden, und über eine Treue, die erst frei wird, wenn sie sich von Bindungen löst. (to be published in the 1st half of 2026)
Volume IV - ACCOMPANIMENT IN THE EYE OF DEATH - A biography of a young man – Life before & after ... (to be published in the 2nd half of 2026)
Volume V - VOICES OF THE FATHERS - Single men emotional & articulate – Giving the floor to speechlessness ... (to be published in the 2nd half of 2026)
The series BIOGRAPHY IN ART invites you to understand your own being as an expression of a lasting work of art.
If the view of things is different from the one we have been accustomed to up to now, something emerges that does the well-worn life the service of which not everyone realises the apparent clarity. However, when wise souls tell each other stories about sensitive people whose world is much quieter than that of the others on the outside, it seems as if they are completely drawn into the spell of what is happening, wherever this path leads. Traversing highs and lows, the sound of voices invites you to listen to those whose cries were once overheard. Only very few are able to listen to their call, which knocks on the boundary of eternity and asks to be let in. Drowned out in this world as well as in the other, the heart only finds peace if its word is pure enough to face the questions that life gives it. Every note interwoven with finiteness, its sound leads to that connectedness that knows the vastness of the unspeakable. This is how creation fits into the cycle of being.
A story of a young man at the limit of his resistance.
published on 14.03.2023, available via this link, from Tredition, amazon and bookshops.
If the view oft hings is different from, the hitherto accustomed one, something is formed, wich does that service to the well-worn life, the appearance of wich does not become aware of its distinctness to everyone. If, nevertheless, wise souls tell each other stories about sensitive poeple, whose world is a lot quieter than that oft he others outside, it seems as if they are completely drawn into the spell oft he events, wherever this path leads. Heights & depths crossing the voices sound invites to listen to those whose cry once overheard. Only very few hear their call, wich knocks on the border of eternity and asks for admission. Drowned out in this world as well as in the other, that heart only finds rest, whose word purely faces the questions, wich life gives it. Each tone interwoven with the finiteness, its sound leads into that connectedness wich knows the vastness oft he unspeakable.
A story of a young man at the limit of his resistance.
published on 01.04.2023, available via this link, from Tredition, amazon and bookshops.
Falling into the depths.
That language of the deaf was heard in the voices of the mute. This world was not always as it was now. Sly in her perception of the lines in between, Theres did not fit into a scheme at all, even if the 'F' had already been cancelled. Her longing to belong had dissolved. Now she interwove her life of otherness with the storms of timeless time as well as the winds of the seas. She did not think like all the others. In the past, as a child, she hadn't realised this. She never fought for the favour of anyone. That's probably why she was overlooked by all the idealised images of the old days. When she encountered them today, astonishment was interwoven with realisation: every world offered to her made her burst: the beauty within turned to the light in the dark as well as from the dark to the light
published on 12.08.2024, heavailable via this link, from Tredition, amazon and bookshops.
Falling into the depths.
That language of the deaf allowed her to hear the voices of the mute. This world was not always as it was now. Cunning in her perception of the lines between the lines, Theres did not fit into any pattern, even if the “F” had already been deleted. Her longing for belonging had dissolved. Now she wove her life of otherness with the storms of timeless time as well as with the winds of the seas. She did not think like everyone else. Earlier, as a child, she had not noticed this at all. She never fought for anyone’s favour. That is probably why she was overlooked by all the ideal images of the old days. When she encountered them today, astonishment intertwined with realisation: she shattered every world offered to her: the beauty of the interior turned to light in the darkness as well as from darkness to light.
Published on 12 August 2024, available via this link, from Tredition, via Amazon and in bookshops.
Ein Geflecht aus großen Worten und leisen Zweifeln, übervollen Schwüren, die den Atem rauben, Masken, die glänzen und zerbrechen, und einer Unerschütterlichkeit, die Risse zeigt – und eine Wahrheit, die sich nur in der Stille offenbart. Dieser Roman erzählt nicht von Gewissheiten, sondern von Täuschung und Treue, von Sehnsucht und Abkehr, von der Kraft, die bleibt, wenn das Ich losgelassen wird – und vom Weg zurück ins Licht.
to be published 1st half of 2026
Der Tod ist nur die Spanne zwischen Geburt & Wiedergeburt, das Sterben aber die diese Spanne ausmachende Zeit. Nichts beeinflusst das Sein mehr als jene Endgültigkeit, die unabsehbar ist. Einzig zählt die Vorbereitung auf das Ankommen, Sein & Gehen. Ein Loslassen von allem, was ist. – An autobiographical story of a young man.
will be published in the 1st half of 2026
The voices of the men tell father stories: besinnlich, traurig, schenkend, glaubend, herausfordernd, bereichernd, wütend, erfüllt, … Facetten des Reichtums, welcher ihrem Inneren obliegt, verwoben mit ihrem eigenen kindhaften Anteil, hingewandt zum kindlich Heranwachsenden. A glimpse of the vastness of becoming & letting go in being. A mirror of the aloofness of closeness to oneself. They wear what they never imagined they would wear ...
will be published in the 2nd half of 2026
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