Sarah Diehl

In the organizer's words:

"In today's whirlwind of career and family planning, we are prevented from developing a good relationship with being alone. Yet we absolutely need it in order to escape external expectations and feel complete with ourselves." (Sarah Diehl)

Loneliness is not a new phenomenon. Women have been systematically isolated by the nuclear family, while at the same time throughout history they have hardly had a "room to themselves" and have been discouraged in their efforts to go their own way. Even today, having lots of friends, lots of projects and the nuclear family are considered to guarantee a happy life. Where do these ideas come from and why have they hardly changed to this day? Sarah Diehl uses cultural-historical observations, interviews and the exploration of various life plans to expose the thought patterns that underlie these assumptions. In doing so, she looks at the importance of being alone within the family or partnership, in creative and political work, as well as in nature or when traveling.

She encourages us to question our own images of being alone and to consciously seek out solitude again and again. This is the only way to avoid being judged by others and to recognize our true needs.

Sarah Diehl believes that being alone is not only essential and absolutely positive as an elementary part of self-care, but that - even in its ambivalence - it is also important for social coexistence as an essential driving force for change. In this respect, she also calls on society to find new answers to social issues relating to family and care, which continue to restrict women's freedom immensely, so that the fundamental experience of freedom is more naturally accessible to all.

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