COMING OF AGE
COMING OF AGE
I
Welcome to the waiting room.
We´re behaving like insects.
21st century killed love.
They´re moving their feet, but nobody´s dancing.
They´re staring all night and they´re staring all day.
... and I´m still waiting at the Berlin Wall.
I felt instantly confined by the notion that we are born into a world where everything was mapped out by those before us.
Sometimes I just wanted to raise my hand and stop. But stop what? Maybe just growing up.
I remember passing shopwindows with my mother and asking why people didn´t just kick them in.
It was disgust with civilization.
I I
We live small lives on the periphery.
Love isn´t what they tell you.
Stop sacrifizing.
Let´s have facial surgery.
Use jets while you still can.
All places are temporary places.
When is it starting? - When is WHAT starting? - ... I don´t know ... Life and all ...
It´s 24/7. It´s your life.
I I I
Of all the thirty six alternatives, running away is the best.
I´m just walking around... your city is a wonder-town .
Isn´t it too dreamy?
No one expected me. Everything awaited me.
All my dreams came true. But now I have a bunch of other dreams.
It´s just that I have this problem that I wanna be everywhere I´m not.
- It makes me so sad that we just don´t manage to be happy for a while.
We wasted all the best of us in alkohol and sweat.
I V
Do you really not get what´s happening?
We are in-betweens.
Why so serious?
I think I´ve been dead now for some while.
If nothing drives me crazy, then nothing drives me at all.
When they get what they want they never want it again.
I AM a clichĂŠ.
If this is reality, then why am I here?
V
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
Why? - Why not?
They consume each other.
Laughter. An essential ingredient for survival. And we laughed a lot.
I always keep a smile, because anything but a smile would make me have to explain, what I can´t explain anyway.
Instead of talking about the last war, let me talk about the next war, because sometimes it´s useful to be prepared instead of just reacting.
So let them bleed.
Life´s unfair. Kill yourself or get over it.
Isn´t it too dreamy? Audrey Horne in Twin Peaks, Episode 1.3
I´m just walking around... your city is a wonder-town . Sonic Youth: the wonder
Of all the thirty six alternatives, running away is the best. – chinese proverb
Sometimes I just wanted to raise my hand and stop. But stop what? Maybe just growing up. Patti Smith: Just Kids
Use jets while you still can. Douglas Coupland: Generation X
We live small lives on the periphery. Douglas Coupland: Generation X
It was disgust with civilization. Kurt Vonnegut, Backwards City Review, 2004
I remember passing shopwindows with my mother and asking why people didn´t just kick them in. Patti Smith: Just Kids
I felt instantly confined by the notion that we are born into a world where everything was mapped out by those before us. Patti Smith: Just Kids
They´re staring all night and they´re staring all day. Sex Pistols: Holidays In The Sun
... and I´m still waiting at the Berlin Wall. Sex Pistols: Holidays In The Sun
They´re moving their feet, but nobody´s dancing. Low: Like a Forest, from: Things We Lost in the Fire
QUOTES
so let them bleed - Kristian Gohlke i am a cliche - Martin Fink use jets - Vincent Kramer
All images by Lisa Hoffmann except
Life´s unfair. Kill yourself or get over it. Black Box Recorder: Child Psychology from England Made Me, 1998
Instead of talking about the last war, let me talk about the next war, because sometimes it´s useful to be prepared instead of just reacting. Noam Chomsky: Media Control
I always keep a smile, because anything but a smile would make me have to explain, what I can´t explain anyway. Black Flag: Can´t decide
Laughter. An essential ingredient for survival. And we laughed a lot. Patti Smith: Just Kids
The sky above the port was the color of television, turned to a dead channel. William Gibson: Neuromancer
we wasted all the best of us in alcohol and sweat La Dispute: Andrea
It´s just that I have this problem that I wanna be everywhere I´m not. Touché Amoré: Home Away From Here
All my dreams came true. But now I have a bunch of other dreams. Sonic Youth: quest for the cup
No one expected me. Everything awaited me. Patti Smith: Just Kids