The Book and the Movie

T. E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom inspired me to travel. The book and the movie. When I stood in Wadi Rum and later wandered through Petra, I was looking as much for an idea as for a place.

© Dominik Alexander / 2026

Revolt Against Reality

It made thinking optional. It flattened hierarchies, but also flattened standards. It replaced the difficult question of “Is it true?” with the easier one: “Does it feel right?”

© Dominik Alexander / 2026

Haiku 2026: Toxic / Giftig

This is a collection of seven haiku, written every day of week 29 of 2026. Eine Sammlung von sieben Haiku, geschrieben an jedem Tag der neunundzwanzigsten Woche des Jahres 2026.

© Dominik Alexander / 2026

An Excuse Isn’t an Excuse

The best excuse will always be the one that comes with an acceptable reason and at least some degree of regret.

© Dominik Alexander / 2026

It’s a Language Game

We ask whether experience shapes the self or the self shapes experience. But the question borrows its certainty from a grammar that divides what our lives do not.

© Dominik Alexander / 2026

My Pigeon Week

For a week, I’d like to be a pigeon. Because, linguistically speaking, pigeons are closely related to surgeons.

© Dominik Alexander / 2026

Within Twenty Years

Talking with each other instead of talking about each other could seem like a whole new technology in twenty years.

© Dominik Alexander / 2026