Live Breaking News & Updates on Cantz Verlag

Stay updated with breaking news from Cantz verlag. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

On Being an Outsider: Words by Charles Simic, Photos by Romeo Alaeff


For
some, home is the house they grew up in. For others, it’s a country or a nation. Some find it in family, or in the arms of a lover, while others believe it’s where we go when we die. Some say home is the “
pale blue dot
” that is our planet, and still others believe it’s only a state of mind.
Despite a glorious rooftop view of the Empire State Building, when my rent doubled at the Garment District retail space where I was illegally living, I realized that New York City had become unlivable; worse, I had come to feel like a stranger anywhere else in my country of birth. I reasoned that it was time to make good on my longstanding threat of moving to Berlin. I boxed up my belongings, put them in a shipping container, and boarded a plane. I had no plan B, nor a plan A for that matter. ....

South Korea , Dallas Museum Of Art , United States , Port Authority Bus Terminal , New York , United Kingdom , France General , Serbia General , Tul Skaya Oblast , Madison Square , Museum Of Art , Brooklyn Academy Of Music , Empire State Building , Times Square , Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina , Bosnia Herzegovina , Comunidad Autonoma De Cataluna , Sheridan Square , Sankt Peterburg , Garment District , Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic , Victor Hugo , William Carlos Williams , Thelonious Monk , Rory Maclean , Wallace Stevens ,