– How would you describe your bedroom in 3 words or 3 sentences?
– Sunny, safe, scenic.

_ How would you describe your perfect Sunday?
– I dream of an unspectacular Sunday in Berlin. I wake up early and walk the dog; my partner
makes coffee. We read in bed, maybe we’ll go to a gallery or museum later or meet some friends.
We cook dinner and make jokes about how life used to be wild. But the reality is that my
newsletter comes out every second Sunday, and I often write it that day—so half of the day is
spent on my writing. Sometimes I enjoy that; sometimes I wish I had done it earlier.

– What’s the source of inspiration for you?
– Currently, I find the past more stimulating than the present. I read a lot about women—painters,
decorators, and photographers who, in art history, are often sidelined. Sometimes I also pick up a
book about art or objects to see what I like and where it takes me from there. Footnotes usually
hide the most exciting stories.

– What made you smile today?
– The taxi driver who made a huge effort to get us to the ferry on time. There was an enormous
traffic jam in Athens, and he took every side route he knew. It’s my first long vacation in a while,
and he was so eager to get us there—as if it was his ferry to catch. He drove into the restricted
area and dropped us off in front of the ferry. We jumped on the boat the minute the ferry left. I
just listened to Jules Verne’s “Around the World in Eighty Days” where the protagonists
constantly try to make it to a boat in time, so that made me laugh.

– What did you think about when falling asleep yesterday?
– As a chronic over-thinker, I try not to let my mind wander before I sleep. I usually read a few
pages and then drift off. We introduced a no cellphones-in-the-bedroom rule last year; it sounds
so silly, but it works like magic.

– What’s your favorite thing in bedroom?
– That I can see the sky and have a balcony with plants outside. We painted all the walls and the
ceiling a dark brownish-green, which makes it very cozy. In terms of furniture, I love that we have a growing collection of Objekte unserer Tage pieces, a German furniture brand I’ve followed for a
long time.

– What does a day in your life look like at the moment? 
– It depends on whether I do a lot of writing and traveling or a lot of hosting and moderating.
Usually, every day is different. In an ideal world, I would get up very early, usually at six. I walk
the dog and go to boxing class at Hagius, my favorite gym in Berlin. I have coffee and try to
spend the first hours of the day writing. I am most creative and concentrated until around 12;
then it’s time for the organizational overload we all deal with every day. My newsletter is called “I
Hope This Finds You Well” because sometimes I am so horribly overwhelmed with emails and
communication. I love going to dinner during the week.

– What gives you the feeling of home? 
– My dog Caspar, my boyfriend, not living too far from my family and my friends. I travel a lot and
love spending time by myself, but they are my home. When I am away, I take my favorite scent or
a book I already know to give me a sense of home.

– When you have downtime, what gives you comfort? 
– Deleting all social media apps from my phone, sports, spending time with my dog, listening to
an audiobook, or watching a comfort TV show.

– What are you currently reading or watching?
– I cross-read. Last night I finished Yann Martel’s "Life of Pi," which is a classic, but I somehow
never read it. It’s beautiful and a good choice to read by the sea. Then there’s a book about
Picasso’s Women (“Göttinnen und Fußabstreifer” by Rose-Maria Gropp) and “The Silence of the
Girls” by Pat Barker. We’re on a Greek island right now, so it could be a match.

– What are you looking forward to this year?
– I am not a big planner or manifestor, so I don’t really look forward to anything specific. I go from
month to month, and in December, I wonder how fast the year has passed.