Hobbies

Well, there are a lot of things that prevent me from catching some sleep - from sports to media to arts! 

As often as I can, I leave for the islands on Puget Sound, the Cascades, the Rockies or the Sierra Nevada. The pure nature out there gives you all the peaceful silence, which is a great help in taking a break from the restless world of everyday life.

In 1989, I was for the first time in my life at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York. I immediately was electrified by the Pop Art. Since that moment the paintings and art work of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, Ben Vautier and Mimo Rotella have become an important part of my life. I also like Minimal Art and especially Concept Art, for example the works of Joseph Kosuth, Robert Miller and Ben Vaultier. Contemporary Art is so pure and simple, yet also rich and full of complexity and excitement.

Music is another hobby of mine. It helps me to relax. I especially like piano soli, e.g. Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations and The Well Tempered Piano. Pachelbel, Vivaldi, Haendel and Schubert are other classical music favorites of mine. If it comes to modern music I often listen to The Cure, Everything But the Girl, Jewel, U2, Tom Waits and all sorts of Trance/Ambient.