Markus Miessen Lecture

This evening I went to a Markus Miessen lecture at Stroom in The Hague. It was really interesting. Markus Miessen is the writer of did someone say participate and the violence of participation. During his lecture which was mostly based on the ideas of the last mentioned book, he showed us projects which he considered as failures. Believe me they weren't failures, each one of them was very inquisitive and very to the heart of things. It was very refreshing to see someone so succesful being really humble and constantly striving to learn and do better. An inspiration to us all I would say. He had such a good understanding of our world and how it works on societal and political level and how this relates to creation of space, but still had the naivity to believe in people. I think that this positive view towards humanity makes him create his projects. He really wants to make a difference, but he also has the patience to achieve it. All in all a very inspiring person!