{"id":4743,"date":"2021-01-23T15:32:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T16:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/?p=4743"},"modified":"2021-01-23T15:46:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T16:46:12","slug":"665-what-do-you-need-friederike-mayrocker-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/665-what-do-you-need-friederike-mayrocker-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"665 | What do you need | Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker | Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ithaca 665\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What Do You Need?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you need? A tree a house to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">measure how big or small life is as a human being<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small when you look up to the crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lose yourself in green lush beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small do you think how short<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is your life if you compare it with the life of trees?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You need a tree you need a house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not one for you alone just a corner a roof<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to sit to think to sleep to dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to write to keep silent to see the friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the stars the grass the flower Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker<\/strong>, Vienna 1924<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/strong>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Was brauchst du \/\/ Was brauchst du? Einen Baum ein Haus zu \/ ermessen wie gro\u00df wie klein das Leben als Mensch \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein wenn du aufblickst zur Krone \/ dich verlierst in gr\u00fcner \u00fcppiger Sch\u00f6nheit \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein bedenkst du wie kurz \/ dein Leben vergleichst du es mit dem Leben der B\u00e4ume \/\/ Du brauchst einen Baum du brauchst ein Haus \/ keines f\u00fcr dich allein nur einen Winkel ein Dach \/ zu sitzen zu denken zu schlafen zu tr\u00e4umen \/ zu schreiben zu schweigen zu sehen den Freund \/ die Gestirne das Gras die Blume den Himmel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ithaca 665\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What Do You Need?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you need? A tree a house to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">measure how big or small life is as a human being<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small when you look up to the crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lose yourself in green lush beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small do you think how short<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is your life if you compare it with the life of trees?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You need a tree you need a house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not one for you alone just a corner a roof<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to sit to think to sleep to dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to write to keep silent to see the friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the stars the grass the flower Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker<\/strong>, Vienna 1924<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Was brauchst du \/\/ Was brauchst du? Einen Baum ein Haus zu \/ ermessen wie gro\u00df wie klein das Leben als Mensch \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein wenn du aufblickst zur Krone \/ dich verlierst in gr\u00fcner \u00fcppiger Sch\u00f6nheit \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein bedenkst du wie kurz \/ dein Leben vergleichst du es mit dem Leben der B\u00e4ume \/\/ Du brauchst einen Baum du brauchst ein Haus \/ keines f\u00fcr dich allein nur einen Winkel ein Dach \/ zu sitzen zu denken zu schlafen zu tr\u00e4umen \/ zu schreiben zu schweigen zu sehen den Freund \/ die Gestirne das Gras die Blume den Himmel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ithaca 665\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What Do You Need?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you need? A tree a house to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">measure how big or small life is as a human being<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small when you look up to the crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lose yourself in green lush beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small do you think how short<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is your life if you compare it with the life of trees?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You need a tree you need a house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not one for you alone just a corner a roof<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to sit to think to sleep to dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to write to keep silent to see the friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the stars the grass the flower Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker<\/strong>, Vienna 1924<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Was brauchst du \/\/ Was brauchst du? Einen Baum ein Haus zu \/ ermessen wie gro\u00df wie klein das Leben als Mensch \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein wenn du aufblickst zur Krone \/ dich verlierst in gr\u00fcner \u00fcppiger Sch\u00f6nheit \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein bedenkst du wie kurz \/ dein Leben vergleichst du es mit dem Leben der B\u00e4ume \/\/ Du brauchst einen Baum du brauchst ein Haus \/ keines f\u00fcr dich allein nur einen Winkel ein Dach \/ zu sitzen zu denken zu schlafen zu tr\u00e4umen \/ zu schreiben zu schweigen zu sehen den Freund \/ die Gestirne das Gras die Blume den Himmel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ithaca 665\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What Do You Need?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you need? A tree a house to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">measure how big or small life is as a human being<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small when you look up to the crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lose yourself in green lush beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small do you think how short<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is your life if you compare it with the life of trees?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You need a tree you need a house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not one for you alone just a corner a roof<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to sit to think to sleep to dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to write to keep silent to see the friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the stars the grass the flower Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker<\/strong>, Vienna 1924<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Was brauchst du \/\/ Was brauchst du? Einen Baum ein Haus zu \/ ermessen wie gro\u00df wie klein das Leben als Mensch \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein wenn du aufblickst zur Krone \/ dich verlierst in gr\u00fcner \u00fcppiger Sch\u00f6nheit \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein bedenkst du wie kurz \/ dein Leben vergleichst du es mit dem Leben der B\u00e4ume \/\/ Du brauchst einen Baum du brauchst ein Haus \/ keines f\u00fcr dich allein nur einen Winkel ein Dach \/ zu sitzen zu denken zu schlafen zu tr\u00e4umen \/ zu schreiben zu schweigen zu sehen den Freund \/ die Gestirne das Gras die Blume den Himmel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ithaca 665\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What Do You Need?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you need? A tree a house to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">measure how big or small life is as a human being<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small when you look up to the crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lose yourself in green lush beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small do you think how short<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is your life if you compare it with the life of trees?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You need a tree you need a house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not one for you alone just a corner a roof<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to sit to think to sleep to dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to write to keep silent to see the friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the stars the grass the flower Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker<\/strong>, Vienna 1924<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Was brauchst du \/\/ Was brauchst du? Einen Baum ein Haus zu \/ ermessen wie gro\u00df wie klein das Leben als Mensch \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein wenn du aufblickst zur Krone \/ dich verlierst in gr\u00fcner \u00fcppiger Sch\u00f6nheit \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein bedenkst du wie kurz \/ dein Leben vergleichst du es mit dem Leben der B\u00e4ume \/\/ Du brauchst einen Baum du brauchst ein Haus \/ keines f\u00fcr dich allein nur einen Winkel ein Dach \/ zu sitzen zu denken zu schlafen zu tr\u00e4umen \/ zu schreiben zu schweigen zu sehen den Freund \/ die Gestirne das Gras die Blume den Himmel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ithaca 665\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What Do You Need?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you need? A tree a house to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">measure how big or small life is as a human being<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small when you look up to the crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lose yourself in green lush beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small do you think how short<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is your life if you compare it with the life of trees?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You need a tree you need a house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not one for you alone just a corner a roof<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to sit to think to sleep to dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to write to keep silent to see the friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the stars the grass the flower Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker<\/strong>, Vienna 1924<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Was brauchst du \/\/ Was brauchst du? Einen Baum ein Haus zu \/ ermessen wie gro\u00df wie klein das Leben als Mensch \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein wenn du aufblickst zur Krone \/ dich verlierst in gr\u00fcner \u00fcppiger Sch\u00f6nheit \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein bedenkst du wie kurz \/ dein Leben vergleichst du es mit dem Leben der B\u00e4ume \/\/ Du brauchst einen Baum du brauchst ein Haus \/ keines f\u00fcr dich allein nur einen Winkel ein Dach \/ zu sitzen zu denken zu schlafen zu tr\u00e4umen \/ zu schreiben zu schweigen zu sehen den Freund \/ die Gestirne das Gras die Blume den Himmel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ithaca 665\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What Do You Need?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you need? A tree a house to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">measure how big or small life is as a human being<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small when you look up to the crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lose yourself in green lush beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small do you think how short<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is your life if you compare it with the life of trees?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You need a tree you need a house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not one for you alone just a corner a roof<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to sit to think to sleep to dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to write to keep silent to see the friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the stars the grass the flower Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker<\/strong>, Vienna 1924<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Was brauchst du \/\/ Was brauchst du? Einen Baum ein Haus zu \/ ermessen wie gro\u00df wie klein das Leben als Mensch \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein wenn du aufblickst zur Krone \/ dich verlierst in gr\u00fcner \u00fcppiger Sch\u00f6nheit \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein bedenkst du wie kurz \/ dein Leben vergleichst du es mit dem Leben der B\u00e4ume \/\/ Du brauchst einen Baum du brauchst ein Haus \/ keines f\u00fcr dich allein nur einen Winkel ein Dach \/ zu sitzen zu denken zu schlafen zu tr\u00e4umen \/ zu schreiben zu schweigen zu sehen den Freund \/ die Gestirne das Gras die Blume den Himmel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ithaca 665\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What Do You Need?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you need? A tree a house to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">measure how big or small life is as a human being<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small when you look up to the crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lose yourself in green lush beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small do you think how short<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is your life if you compare it with the life of trees?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You need a tree you need a house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not one for you alone just a corner a roof<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to sit to think to sleep to dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to write to keep silent to see the friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the stars the grass the flower Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker<\/strong>, Vienna 1924<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Was brauchst du \/\/ Was brauchst du? Einen Baum ein Haus zu \/ ermessen wie gro\u00df wie klein das Leben als Mensch \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein wenn du aufblickst zur Krone \/ dich verlierst in gr\u00fcner \u00fcppiger Sch\u00f6nheit \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein bedenkst du wie kurz \/ dein Leben vergleichst du es mit dem Leben der B\u00e4ume \/\/ Du brauchst einen Baum du brauchst ein Haus \/ keines f\u00fcr dich allein nur einen Winkel ein Dach \/ zu sitzen zu denken zu schlafen zu tr\u00e4umen \/ zu schreiben zu schweigen zu sehen den Freund \/ die Gestirne das Gras die Blume den Himmel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ithaca 665\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What Do You Need?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you need? A tree a house to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">measure how big or small life is as a human being<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small when you look up to the crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lose yourself in green lush beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small do you think how short<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is your life if you compare it with the life of trees?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You need a tree you need a house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not one for you alone just a corner a roof<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to sit to think to sleep to dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to write to keep silent to see the friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the stars the grass the flower Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker<\/strong>, Vienna 1924<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Was brauchst du \/\/ Was brauchst du? Einen Baum ein Haus zu \/ ermessen wie gro\u00df wie klein das Leben als Mensch \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein wenn du aufblickst zur Krone \/ dich verlierst in gr\u00fcner \u00fcppiger Sch\u00f6nheit \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein bedenkst du wie kurz \/ dein Leben vergleichst du es mit dem Leben der B\u00e4ume \/\/ Du brauchst einen Baum du brauchst ein Haus \/ keines f\u00fcr dich allein nur einen Winkel ein Dach \/ zu sitzen zu denken zu schlafen zu tr\u00e4umen \/ zu schreiben zu schweigen zu sehen den Freund \/ die Gestirne das Gras die Blume den Himmel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ithaca 665\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What Do You Need?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you need? A tree a house to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">measure how big or small life is as a human being<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small when you look up to the crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lose yourself in green lush beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small do you think how short<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is your life if you compare it with the life of trees?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You need a tree you need a house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not one for you alone just a corner a roof<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to sit to think to sleep to dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to write to keep silent to see the friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the stars the grass the flower Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker<\/strong>, Vienna 1924<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Was brauchst du \/\/ Was brauchst du? Einen Baum ein Haus zu \/ ermessen wie gro\u00df wie klein das Leben als Mensch \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein wenn du aufblickst zur Krone \/ dich verlierst in gr\u00fcner \u00fcppiger Sch\u00f6nheit \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein bedenkst du wie kurz \/ dein Leben vergleichst du es mit dem Leben der B\u00e4ume \/\/ Du brauchst einen Baum du brauchst ein Haus \/ keines f\u00fcr dich allein nur einen Winkel ein Dach \/ zu sitzen zu denken zu schlafen zu tr\u00e4umen \/ zu schreiben zu schweigen zu sehen den Freund \/ die Gestirne das Gras die Blume den Himmel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ithaca 665\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What Do You Need?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you need? A tree a house to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">measure how big or small life is as a human being<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small when you look up to the crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lose yourself in green lush beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small do you think how short<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is your life if you compare it with the life of trees?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You need a tree you need a house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not one for you alone just a corner a roof<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to sit to think to sleep to dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to write to keep silent to see the friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the stars the grass the flower Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker<\/strong>, Vienna 1924<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Was brauchst du \/\/ Was brauchst du? Einen Baum ein Haus zu \/ ermessen wie gro\u00df wie klein das Leben als Mensch \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein wenn du aufblickst zur Krone \/ dich verlierst in gr\u00fcner \u00fcppiger Sch\u00f6nheit \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein bedenkst du wie kurz \/ dein Leben vergleichst du es mit dem Leben der B\u00e4ume \/\/ Du brauchst einen Baum du brauchst ein Haus \/ keines f\u00fcr dich allein nur einen Winkel ein Dach \/ zu sitzen zu denken zu schlafen zu tr\u00e4umen \/ zu schreiben zu schweigen zu sehen den Freund \/ die Gestirne das Gras die Blume den Himmel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ithaca 665\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What Do You Need?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you need? A tree a house to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">measure how big or small life is as a human being<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small when you look up to the crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lose yourself in green lush beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small do you think how short<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is your life if you compare it with the life of trees?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You need a tree you need a house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not one for you alone just a corner a roof<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to sit to think to sleep to dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to write to keep silent to see the friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the stars the grass the flower Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker<\/strong>, Vienna 1924<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Was brauchst du \/\/ Was brauchst du? Einen Baum ein Haus zu \/ ermessen wie gro\u00df wie klein das Leben als Mensch \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein wenn du aufblickst zur Krone \/ dich verlierst in gr\u00fcner \u00fcppiger Sch\u00f6nheit \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein bedenkst du wie kurz \/ dein Leben vergleichst du es mit dem Leben der B\u00e4ume \/\/ Du brauchst einen Baum du brauchst ein Haus \/ keines f\u00fcr dich allein nur einen Winkel ein Dach \/ zu sitzen zu denken zu schlafen zu tr\u00e4umen \/ zu schreiben zu schweigen zu sehen den Freund \/ die Gestirne das Gras die Blume den Himmel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ithaca 665\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What Do You Need?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you need? A tree a house to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">measure how big or small life is as a human being<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small when you look up to the crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lose yourself in green lush beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small do you think how short<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is your life if you compare it with the life of trees?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You need a tree you need a house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not one for you alone just a corner a roof<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to sit to think to sleep to dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to write to keep silent to see the friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the stars the grass the flower Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker<\/strong>, Vienna 1924<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Was brauchst du \/\/ Was brauchst du? Einen Baum ein Haus zu \/ ermessen wie gro\u00df wie klein das Leben als Mensch \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein wenn du aufblickst zur Krone \/ dich verlierst in gr\u00fcner \u00fcppiger Sch\u00f6nheit \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein bedenkst du wie kurz \/ dein Leben vergleichst du es mit dem Leben der B\u00e4ume \/\/ Du brauchst einen Baum du brauchst ein Haus \/ keines f\u00fcr dich allein nur einen Winkel ein Dach \/ zu sitzen zu denken zu schlafen zu tr\u00e4umen \/ zu schreiben zu schweigen zu sehen den Freund \/ die Gestirne das Gras die Blume den Himmel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ithaca 665\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What Do You Need?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you need? A tree a house to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">measure how big or small life is as a human being<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small when you look up to the crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lose yourself in green lush beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small do you think how short<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is your life if you compare it with the life of trees?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You need a tree you need a house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not one for you alone just a corner a roof<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to sit to think to sleep to dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to write to keep silent to see the friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the stars the grass the flower Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker<\/strong>, Vienna 1924<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Was brauchst du \/\/ Was brauchst du? Einen Baum ein Haus zu \/ ermessen wie gro\u00df wie klein das Leben als Mensch \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein wenn du aufblickst zur Krone \/ dich verlierst in gr\u00fcner \u00fcppiger Sch\u00f6nheit \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein bedenkst du wie kurz \/ dein Leben vergleichst du es mit dem Leben der B\u00e4ume \/\/ Du brauchst einen Baum du brauchst ein Haus \/ keines f\u00fcr dich allein nur einen Winkel ein Dach \/ zu sitzen zu denken zu schlafen zu tr\u00e4umen \/ zu schreiben zu schweigen zu sehen den Freund \/ die Gestirne das Gras die Blume den Himmel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ithaca 665\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What Do You Need?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you need? A tree a house to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">measure how big or small life is as a human being<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small when you look up to the crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lose yourself in green lush beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small do you think how short<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is your life if you compare it with the life of trees?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You need a tree you need a house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not one for you alone just a corner a roof<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to sit to think to sleep to dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to write to keep silent to see the friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the stars the grass the flower Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker<\/strong>, Vienna 1924<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Was brauchst du \/\/ Was brauchst du? Einen Baum ein Haus zu \/ ermessen wie gro\u00df wie klein das Leben als Mensch \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein wenn du aufblickst zur Krone \/ dich verlierst in gr\u00fcner \u00fcppiger Sch\u00f6nheit \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein bedenkst du wie kurz \/ dein Leben vergleichst du es mit dem Leben der B\u00e4ume \/\/ Du brauchst einen Baum du brauchst ein Haus \/ keines f\u00fcr dich allein nur einen Winkel ein Dach \/ zu sitzen zu denken zu schlafen zu tr\u00e4umen \/ zu schreiben zu schweigen zu sehen den Freund \/ die Gestirne das Gras die Blume den Himmel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"ithaca 665\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ithaca-665.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>What Do You Need?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you need? A tree a house to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">measure how big or small life is as a human being<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small when you look up to the crown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lose yourself in green lush beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">how big how small do you think how short<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is your life if you compare it with the life of trees?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You need a tree you need a house<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not one for you alone just a corner a roof<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to sit to think to sleep to dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to write to keep silent to see the friend<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the stars the grass the flower Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker<\/strong>, Vienna 1924<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley Barkan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Was brauchst du \/\/ Was brauchst du? Einen Baum ein Haus zu \/ ermessen wie gro\u00df wie klein das Leben als Mensch \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein wenn du aufblickst zur Krone \/ dich verlierst in gr\u00fcner \u00fcppiger Sch\u00f6nheit \/ wie gro\u00df wie klein bedenkst du wie kurz \/ dein Leben vergleichst du es mit dem Leben der B\u00e4ume \/\/ Du brauchst einen Baum du brauchst ein Haus \/ keines f\u00fcr dich allein nur einen Winkel ein Dach \/ zu sitzen zu denken zu schlafen zu tr\u00e4umen \/ zu schreiben zu schweigen zu sehen den Freund \/ die Gestirne das Gras die Blume den Himmel.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Painting by LEE Tsuen-Chi, Taiwan What Do You Need? What do you need? 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