Meditation, involving repetition of chanted and/or spoken words, is common in varied religious practices all over the world. It is a way to draw repeated attention to something of importance and usually reflects a person’s spiritual connection with the Divine.

A yearning for stillness, and a need to slow down the speed of time, prompted me to cultivate a personal meditation discipline in the year 2000. In this meditation, I hand-scripted repetitions of three to four juxtaposed German concepts onto 10-meter long mulberry and rice paper scrolls. This form of writing has, since then, become my ongoing spiritual discipline. Thirteen scrolls, with various word-compositions, have thus far been completed and exhibited in churches and public spaces in Germany, France and, recently, also in Canada.