A Thousand Times Life's Meaning - What Drives Us

Fulfillment and life's meaning form the foundation of contentment - this is the focus of Christof Jauernig. From his own experience, he knows what it feels like to lose them: as an analyst, he spent years examining banking issues until he realized this work no longer held meaning for him. Today he is an author dedicated exclusively to questions that truly matter to him.

For his latest book A Thousand Times Life's Meaning, Jauernig interviewed over 1,000 people across 66 cities - including Bad Salzuflen. He weaves the most compelling responses into an exploration of 59,000 years of lived experience, contextualizes these perspectives, and relates them to his own crisis and discovery of meaning.

The reading combines narrative and lyrical-poetic texts with visual projections and specially recorded piano improvisations - a style Jauernig developed in his previous program A Thousand Times Life's Happiness. The evening concludes with an open question-and-answer session with the author.