About
about Shee.
I grew up moving. I studied and lived in Basel, Vienna, and London — training in movement practice, drawn early to its social dimension — how shared movement widens awareness and changes how we relate to one another.
This is where Goethean observation entered my life — not as a theory, but as a practice. Under the guidance of Annemarie Ehrlich, I learnt to turn social philosophy into living practice.
I also studied Theory U — Otto Scharmer's framework for social change, developed at MIT, which draws on the same Goethean tradition of deep listening and generative attention. The question of how attention itself could be a tool for social and inner change became central.
From 2019 I studied part-time at university, where I dived into performance theory, philosophy, and independent research into identity formation and participatory practice.
For more than twelve years working at one of London's largest art institutions, I stood in rooms full of extraordinary art and my wish became stronger: what if these galleries could enliven the audience — where they could experience art and self without needing intellectual knowledge?
I left in early 2026. I now live in the English countryside, writing the first instalment of Philosophy, Lived — a guide to encountering art and self through Goethean observation. silent atelier. is what I am building alongside it.
Not self-improvement. Not productivity. Something slower, quieter, and more real.
why silent atelier.
We live in a time when it has become difficult to simply be present — with a room, an object, a moment, or ourselves — without reaching for something external to fill it. Experience is mediated before it arrives. Attention is scattered. The quiet inner life that gives meaning to things has grown thin.
I asked — what if there were a quiet practice we could take up — without special conditions, without preparation — that could shift this cycle? Not a solution. Not a system. Something slower. Something that returns us to ourselves rather than dispersing us further.
What if such a practice could quietly re-enliven our curiosity — in ourselves, and in the actual life in front of us?
I wrote my first book for myself. I was weary of noise, exhausted by the pressure to improve and perform. I wanted something slower. Something that asked nothing of me except attention. Something human.
silent atelier. is one small response to that. Not a cure. Not a system. A way of returning, again and again, to direct experience — through art, through philosophy, through the ordinary.
what silent atelier.
The first series is Philosophy, Lived — a collection of publications and companion objects, each rooted in one thinker, each offering a practice for everyday life.
The first path is The Inner Museum: a Goethe-rooted practice of encounter with art. The first guide, A Quiet Encounter: First Impression, is available free to subscribers.
More is coming. This is a world in progress.
Your Inner Museum is always open. Go and visit it.
