Sometimes unfulfilled longings are promises that we have made to others and to ourselves but were never able to meet. What if it was possible to return these promises to the persons we made them? Would we then be free to live our own lives?
30 years ago the 19-year-old Karina was sitting alone at one of the coffee tables in a big cafe, looking at the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin. I can still remember that moment, when she was looking forward to her forthcoming life. She was filled with joy in anticipation of the coming adventures and a great career as . . . well, she didn't know anything about that at this moment, but she was sure that she would have a great and glamorous career.