{"id":30806,"date":"2025-08-29T10:52:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T08:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.socius.de\/?p=30806"},"modified":"2026-06-03T12:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:16:29","slug":"letter-8-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.socius.de\/en\/socius-brief\/brief-8-25\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/25 \u2013 Creativity and belonging"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear readers,<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"\"Don't be afraid of your magic, use it!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This quote from\u00a0adrienne mar\u00e8e brown<\/em>, derived from their\u00a0Essay \u201cbelieving in magic<\/a>\u201d is written on one of our SOCIUS postcards. The text begins with the sentence: \"This is for all those who find it difficult to believe in magic, but who also know how important it is to do so.<\/p>\n

And I feel like I've been caught out!<\/p>\n

???? Glaube ich an Magie?\u00a0 - Ja!<\/p>\n

???? Glaube ich in Anbetracht der vielen kleinen pers\u00f6nlichen, beruflichen und gro\u00dfen gesellschaftspolitischen Krisen, daran, \u201cdass wir das Experiment der Menschheit fortsetzen sollten\u201d? - Eigentlich schon\u2026<\/p>\n

???? Und wenn ich mich im Karussell des pers\u00f6nlichen, beruflichen, gesellschaftspolitischen Alltags so gar nicht magisch f\u00fchle? Schaffe ich es, meine h\u00fcbsch gebauten Mauern abzubauen, die Schultern fallen zu lassen und mich zu \u00f6ffnen? - Manchmal\u2026<\/p>\n

How we can perhaps also make a magical difference with gestures of openness and listening and contribute to the protection of democracy is something we are currently very concerned with. We want to use our actual spaces in Berlin, Hamburg and Halle to contribute to communities that provide space for mutual listening, resilience and creative being and give us strength and hope to find our own individual expression for democratic coexistence.<\/p>\n

A community space that we as the SOCIUS team create for ourselves every year is our annual workation in September on the Croatian island of Bra\u010d. We use this wonderful place to invite openness for creativity and strategic development within and between us. And it is not uncommon for us to have one or two new ideas, a product or a strategic development in our SOCIUS luggage when we return from there cheerfully invigorated to our everyday work in autumn.<\/p>\n

Because the openness for magical moments is quickly lost in the small details of everyday project work. That's why we are building spaces for ourselves and also for and with you in which listening, dialogue and creativity are possible.<\/p>\n

Depending on your thematic interest and\/or your region, our SOCIUS labs & salons in Berlin, Halle, Hamburg and online in autumn are well suited!<\/p>\n

Our topics are:<\/p>\n