"Salad with oil" or "Diogenes no longer lives in a barrel, Diogenes lives in a home"

It is so easy to lure an artist into destruction - one only has to ask: "Define art, artist!"

The questioner may be a curious human being or a researcher, someone asking a baker the same question: "Define backing bread, baker!" or maybe their children's math teacher: "Define the meaning of numbers, mathematician!"

However, being an artist myself for over 20 years, I have come to believe that only artists - persistently peeked at under raised eyebrows - are questioned with regard to the meaning and significance of their actions.

All else is understood. I had to reach the age of 51 to finally find an appropriate answer. And just like any good answer should be it is as simple as it is ingenious:

"It's easy: All of us eat salad - but the artist has oil with the salad."

If ever you want to discuss this thesis, you may want to talk to its creator, whom you will find at daHEIM, ground floor, room 11. He is a philosophling, coming from the blue planet. A lens to take pictures of the stars is his burning desire. Ask for Khaled.

Need less abstraction but counseling for everyday use to free you from agonizing thoughts like "I could do anything if only I knew what I really want." Then knock at the door to room 114. That is where Mohamed Firas lives. He is a clownling and will gladly introduce you to his school “Try to live with a smile”.

Moreover, we offer occupational therapy, cooking classes, and fiber crafts.

We have professional cooklings at your disposal, letting you in on Eastern-European or Arabic cuisine. You might as well learn with our designling or embroiderling how to textile printing or how to stitch gobelin.

In case you are getting ready for an adventure tour there is our team of excellence, more than willing to provide advice when it comes to survival in rough terrain and under life-threatening conditions.

For more information please contact daheim@kunstasyl.net

However, if you're looking for refugees, we're unable to help. They do not live here daHEIM.

WELCOME DAY daHEIM