Apparent freedom
Here in the free West, we live in a world where everything is possible, opportunities are there for the taking, opportunities that must be seized in order to get the most out of life.
Freedom within frameworks, legal, moral. Legacies of the Catholic institute that uses guilt as an instrument to force us within the lines. Pandemics, wars and climate change hang over our heads like invisible threats. Problems that we share with all of humanity.
Searching for relief in small things. A walk with the dog, who is not allowed to run free, only within the demarcated area of a dogyard. Here you may breathe, my dear dog. Just for a little while. For him too: freedom within limits. What on earth are we doing?
The fight is in your head, where they say real freedom is. Sometimes it has to come out, a scream, resistance. Sometimes peace comes. Is it freedom or is it surrender? “
Bert Daenen
