The Inner Playground. An audio journey by Tim Holland
All these workshops, sessions, and messy play areas are places we visit because we want to experience ourselves differently, encounter something or someone different, and become something or someone different. Transformation, change, becoming a stranger, drawing closer, metamorphoses, turning the inner out, the outer in, being turned inside out, being lifted elsewhere, going through the ceiling and deep into the earth, letting ourselves be amazed, astonished, surprised, and moved by the unimagined and the unknown—letting it all out, everything out, inventing the unheard-of, sensing it, drawing near, circling around, trying, temptation. But all the workshops, sessions, and games aren’t available to us right now—a break, a lockdown, a retreat, distance. So for anyone who still wants to experience physical sensations that make you go “Huiuiuiuiuiui!”, I recommend this wonderful guide to “becoming an alien” by my dear and talented friend Tim—it transforms you completely…
To do this, it's best to find a quiet place with your headphones on, press play, and follow the instructions…
After completing an apprenticeship as a bookseller, Tim Holland studied at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig. He reads, writes, translates, edits, hosts events, leads writing workshops, and publishes texts—both online and offline. In the spring of 2016, his poetry collection *vom wuchern* was published by Gutleut Verlag in Frankfurt am Main. *vom wuchern* was recognized by the Literaturhaus Berlin as one of the “Poetry Collections of the Year 2016.” In 2017, he founded hochroth Verlag in Munich together with Tristan Marquardt. Tim Holland is currently working on a science-fiction verse epic.
