Georg Engeli - Mr. Fivehair and further interests

Mr. Fivehair and further interests

3. Writing essays and literature

This section outlines our writing, namely:

1. Essays
2. Literature

Essays

We write essays on current affairs, aiming to integrate views from different fields and to develop practical novel paths for matters of common interest and urgency.

Literature

Besides writing on current affairs, Georg Engeli also writes literature - with and without Mr. Fivehair illustrations, for example:

The candidates - an illustrated novel. The story is about Mr. Fivehair and five of his colleagues being invited to an assessment center of their 'system' (company, NGO, association, society, union, etc). During several days they must undergo a series of games and tests designed to identify the future candidate leader for the system. As the endeavor evolves, the shadows of each candidate, of the system itself and of its senior representatives emerge - soon, it is unclear who is testing whom, and according to which criteria. The story is about the structural dilemmas of transforming an existing system while complying with its values, mechanisms and explicit rules. Before long, nothing is anymore as it seemed. Mr. Fivehair seems to repetitiously make a fool of himself - and thus, involuntarily, stumbles into rather unusual solutions.
The story of Francis of Assisi - told in parallel in the 13 th and 21st century. The story is about the struggles of finding a new, authentic way of living in the world in times when the old systems of knowledge and power have begun to decline, defending their might against new emerging ideas. The 21 st parallel story illuminates the opportunities, dilemmas and shadows of those who have set out to integrate spirituality with reality. It unearths the tensions between creating new communities - and yet, needing conventional means to grow and maintain them. It talks about the seemingly opposing energies of leadership in such times of global change. In mythological terms, the story describes the way of the hero and is, in that, not limited to the specific religious faith of this particular man.
Gaspar Monrey - the story of a Jesuit priest meeting the last king of the indigenous people in an Andes valley, told in parallel in 1583 and today. The story is about the clash between two worlds, their mutual fascination and the hidden consequential impacts of living together in a limited physical and mental territory. It tells how the representatives of each world deal with their own inner contradictions when they face the strange otherness of the other. The 21 st parallel story illuminates also the ongoing tensions between the Center and the Periphery - in the different geographical and mental territories of our present reality.
Nathalie's lie - novel story of an investigation in a multinational corporation. The story is about the creation and protection of taboo zones in a large system, and how different stakeholders deal with the Bluebeard Chamber which they have access to or suspect to be. It illuminates the moral dilemmas of an organized and production-oriented collective and its individual members. The main character - a young woman called Nathalie - has come across the Shadows in the corporation's Bluebeard Chamber, and is torn between setting out to what she thinks is right, or what serves her own purposes. In any case, however, she is bound to lie.
Blue Marp - musical manuscript. The story is about a man's amazing career in a transnational company, living unconsciously the myth of the hero and trying, at literally all costs, to avoid it. Oscillating between different worlds, the main character - Harvey - first develops some sort of schizophrenia as a way to remain mentally sane. Inevitably, he nears the decisive moment where he must take a decision which, no matter where he turns, will damage others.
Short stories
Poems