What do you practice to see, hear, feel, think, and act clearly? Since I am a teenager, I am practicing some sort of yoga, almost every day. The practice of meditation came later. When I miss my daily practice, I feel it. I feel it in my body, but even more so in my everyday communication with the world and myself. When…

Vignette on Spiritual, Motherhood, and Life My first memories of visits by ghosts go back to me being around three or four years old. They came at night when my sister Selma and I were lying down in our shared room. Selma always slept at the top of the bunk bed. Selma was fast asleep. I…

We are on fall break. I decide to take the kid and their friends to a trampoline park. On the tram they already jump up and down in anticipation of being in the air for the rest of the afternoon. When we arrive at the register I decide to go…

Vignette about motherhood, feminism, meditation I practice yoga with a video app. I pause to swipe away notifications. The family chat group is active. My sisters send condolences messages. My mom’s dog passed away yesterday. I pause my yoga video and therefore my yoga practice to pass a ball back to my very alive dog…

Vignette on career choices, burnout, and the magic of the woods I am still the department head and professor for arts and design education in Basel, Switzerland. My kids and I are in New England for the fall vacation. I am glad to be on a break from work. We visit Colin, my husband. He is teaching in Rhode Island for…

Vignette on Feminism, Motherhood, Dogs, and Art. Written By Dorothée King I am a professor at the Art School of Basel. Today, I have to teach for three hours, the sensuality of feminism. Also, I have to get back to the female student who sued us because of her “good” instead of “very good” grade for her…

Today I would like to give you a few thoughts that hopefully will inspire us all to see our “outcomes” in a more relaxed way and to get into an artistic-creative-mediating activity that feels right. That we don’t do because just, or because we have a certain function now, or because we have to talk ourselves into it, or because we want to post something on Instagram again, but because we just want to live well.

Let me please humorously present 10 + 1 golden rules for co-production in arts and culture. These are drawn from my own learnings and experiences collaborating with diverse partners in international cultural contexts. I hope you may get some insights for collaborative joy, growth, and well-being in your own adventures. …

I am convinced, that well-being at a museum has to start with the well-being of the people working for the museum. The people who are the core of the museum. If we are not feeling well, how are we supposed to make others feel well? “Happy mom, happy kids.” Shall be translated to “Happy Museum teams, happy visitors.” Talk held at the MuseumNext: MUSEUMS, HEALTH & WELLBEING SUMMIT, 31 January — 2 February 2022