<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Lisa Vietze]]></title><description><![CDATA[Illustrator and graphic designer based in Vienna.]]></description><link>https://lisavietzeillustration.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zewR!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7724bc22-e83b-461f-bb95-6c152bc0f621_670x670.jpeg</url><title>Lisa Vietze</title><link>https://lisavietzeillustration.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 18:13:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://lisavietzeillustration.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Lisa Vietze]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[lisavietzeillustration@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[lisavietzeillustration@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Lisa Vietze]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Lisa Vietze]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[lisavietzeillustration@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[lisavietzeillustration@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Lisa Vietze]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Der Kran.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Der Kran der mich ein Jahr begleitet hat und der Kranf&#252;hrer (vielleicht)]]></description><link>https://lisavietzeillustration.substack.com/p/der-kran</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lisavietzeillustration.substack.com/p/der-kran</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Vietze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:28:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yv_r!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F416750eb-2b72-47fd-86de-12b47bd5de76_2948x3931.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Hallo! Ich hab diesen kleinen Text geschrieben, weil ich den Kran vor meinem Fenster liebe, weil ich eine kreative Blockade habe und mir Schreiben da oft raushilft, gerade WEIL ich nicht wirklich in diesem Bereich zuhause bin. Vielleicht findet ja jemand seinen Nachbarschafts-Kran jetzt auch sch&#246;ner und nicht nur nervig. </em></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yv_r!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F416750eb-2b72-47fd-86de-12b47bd5de76_2948x3931.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yv_r!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F416750eb-2b72-47fd-86de-12b47bd5de76_2948x3931.jpeg 424w, 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lisavietzeillustration.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Der Kran stand schon da, als die erste Krebsdiagnose in der Familie bekannt wurde. Er stand auch bei der zweiten und schlie&#223;lich dritten Diagnose. Er stand in der hei&#223;esten Woche des Jahres und waberte wie eine Fata Morgana in der Hitze. Er stand im Novembernebel wie ein verwunschener Leuchtturm im Stadtmeer. Wenn du da bist, wird er, denke ich, nicht mehr stehen, aber wer wei&#223;, vielleicht begleitet er mich noch ein kleines St&#252;ckchen. Die Konstante des Krans hat mich irgendwie beruhigt. Ich habe ihm stundenlang beim Heben und Ziehen zugeschaut, und dann irgendwann habe ich auch sein eigentliches Hirn gesehen: den Kranfahrer, ohne den er sich gar nicht bewegen k&#246;nnte, wie er fr&#252;hmorgens die vielen Leitern des Krans hinaufkletterte.</p><p><strong>Die K&#228;lte</strong> des Metalls der ersten Leitersprosse frisst sich durch den dicken Handschuh. Unfassbar, wie kalt dieser Winter war &#8211; kalt und tr&#252;b. Nicht einmal die Baustellenhandschuhe helfen gegen die K&#228;lte, die das Ger&#252;st mittlerweile angenommen hat. Er nimmt die erste Leiter bis zu einer kurzen Zwischenplattform. Ein kurzes Durchatmen, aber es ist zu kalt, um so weit unten lange zu verweilen. <br>Eine M&#252;tze tr&#228;gt er nicht, das hat er noch nie gemacht. M&#252;tzen sind ihm schon als Kind zuwider gewesen. Egal, wie kalt der Winter war, dann hatte er lieber rote und schmerzende Ohren, als dass er sich ein kratziges Wollgef&#228;ngnis auf den Kopf zw&#228;ngt. Seine Gro&#223;mutter hat das in den Wahnsinn getrieben, als er klein war. Nur f&#252;r sie hat er sich zumindest die ersten Meter des Schulwegs die M&#252;tze angetan.</p><p>Die zweite und dritte Plattform &#252;berspringt er auch. Erst nach der vierten Leiter ist er zu sehr au&#223;er Atem, um weiter zu klettern. Es ist 6.30 Uhr, und es ist noch stockfinster, nur die Scheinwerfer des Krans erm&#246;glichen ihm einen problemlosen Aufstieg. Die Stadt ist zu der Zeit noch &#252;berraschend verschlafen. Einzelne Wohnungsfenster sind erleuchtet. Er bildet sich ein, das leise Geklimper eines fr&#252;hen Morgens aus mancher Wohnung zu h&#246;ren. Die kalte Luft brennt in seiner Lunge, erst nach einigen Atemz&#252;gen kann er wieder entspannt atmen. Er lehnt sich mit den Unterarmen auf das Gel&#228;nder und schaut runter auf das dunkle H&#228;usermeer. Im Sommer hat er auf jeder Plattform eine kleine Pause eingelegt. Nicht nur, weil er mit seinen 56 Jahren und nach vielen, vielen Jahren des Rauchens immer schneller aus der Puste ist, sondern weil er im Sommer fast bis zum Ende der Stadt schauen konnte. Die Weinberge waren in Sichtweite. Kr&#228;hen, Tauben, aber auch Spatzen und Kohlmeisen waren zeitgleich mit ihm unterwegs, aber auch einige Jogger haben die fr&#252;hen Morgenstunden genutzt, um noch eine Runde zu drehen. Die noch sanfte Sonne in einer schon aufgeheizten Stadt hat er besonders gern. Manchmal kann er nicht glauben, dass es immer derselbe Kran ist, auf den er da t&#228;glich klettert. Wenn Schulferien sind, hat er beispielsweise oft das Gef&#252;hl, in einer komplett kinderfreien Stadt zu sein. Wo sind die Kinder im Sommer? Spielen sie nicht auch auf den Stra&#223;en, wie er es als Kind getan hat? Es ist dann so still, dass ihm manchmal gerade in den Sommerferien schwer ums Herz wird. Er klettert weiter, die K&#228;lte kriecht langsam in seine Schuhe, und wenn seine F&#252;&#223;e erst einmal kalt sind, sind sie es bis zum Ende seiner Schicht. Oben bekommt er nicht viel Bewegung. Die Kabine ist bequem, aber Platz, sich die Beine zu vertreten, gibt es keinen. Also geht es weiter. Auf der sechsten Plattform macht er noch einmal Pause.</p><p>Er kann das Surren der Scheinwerfer, die unterhalb der Kabine h&#228;ngen, schon h&#246;ren. Und dann h&#246;rt er pl&#246;tzlich etwas anderes, Unerwartetes: den ersten Amselgesang des Jahres. Vielleicht haben die Amseln schon seit Wochen gesungen, und er hat es nicht wahrgenommen. Aber jetzt h&#246;rt er ihn: hell und fr&#246;hlich, Fr&#252;hlingsboten. Pl&#246;tzlich erwischt ihn eine Flut aus Bildern. Die Lichter der Ostermesse und die Amseln, die sie nach der Kirche begr&#252;&#223;en. Die rot gef&#228;rbten Ostereier. Das weiche, s&#252;&#223;e Kulich seiner Oma. Dieses Jahr wird er zu Ostern nach Hause fahren. Der Kran wird bis dahin eh nicht mehr stehen. Zwei Leitern sind es noch &#8211; um 6.45 Uhr ist Arbeitsbeginn auf der Baustelle. In der Kabine nimmt er seine Handschuhe ab, knipst das kleine Licht an und schaltet das Transponderradio an. Ja, dieses Jahr wird er an Ostern nach Hause fahren. Er kann den Fr&#252;hling von so weit oben schon am Horizont kommen sehen.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lisavietzeillustration.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manifesting a cosy Welsh autumn.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gritty and cosy &#8211; comfort and effort, all at once.]]></description><link>https://lisavietzeillustration.substack.com/p/manifesting-a-cosy-welsh-autumn</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lisavietzeillustration.substack.com/p/manifesting-a-cosy-welsh-autumn</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Vietze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:41:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y_ON!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F333c0348-ef3e-4e58-8cf2-1ed9e5670432_3024x4032.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want warm cups of tea and walks in the rain as the cold leaves a prickling sensation on your cheeks. I want cold feet when I wake up just to put them in the warmiest wooly socks. I want to experience so much of nature that my eyes well with tears because I am overwhelmed with joy and a fear that we will lose it all. Who&#8217;s in? </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y_ON!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F333c0348-ef3e-4e58-8cf2-1ed9e5670432_3024x4032.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y_ON!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F333c0348-ef3e-4e58-8cf2-1ed9e5670432_3024x4032.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y_ON!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F333c0348-ef3e-4e58-8cf2-1ed9e5670432_3024x4032.jpeg 848w, 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type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It took me almost 15 years to finally watch the Sopranos. It&#8217;s a TV show that is not only considered a classic, but one that has been recommended to me by at least ten different friends whose taste I deeply admire and who also truly understand me on a personal level. And still I never watched until now. </p><p>Instead of watching the hit classic after the first few times it was suggested to me though, I started to binge random Netflix productions, rewatched shows I already knew by heart and spend endless hours watching short-form content like Tiktoks or instagram reels. </p><p>There is different reasons for that. One is definitely, that starting the Sopranos always felt like a huge project. It has so many seasons and came with the extra weight of a cult show that everybody loves and the looming dread of having to pretend to like it too even if you might find it a grueling experience.</p><p>But the bigger reason is definitely the laziness that comes with modern media consumption - my media consumption. I was simply to lazy to start and there was a plethora of shows and movies suggested to me by my friend the computer. The algorithm driven home screens of Netflix, Disney+ and Youtube where there to hand me something easily digestible for my daily consumption &#8211; like a drive-thru for my media needs right inside my living room. There is nothing unique or individualistic about these suggestions. They don&#8217;t take into consideration my quirks, my unique likes or dislikes, they don&#8217;t try to challenge me in my taste or my idea of a good film or show. They are perfectly consumable while also scrolling on my phone and in the slush of all the shows I watched, there were some great ones - but most of it turns into a big blob of nothingness and I hardly remember any of it. </p><p>I probably am part of the last generation that still grew up with linear TV. You watched what was given to you and you might wonder: that is not so different from the times we are living in now! We all get fed the same show, now only through a algorithmically filtered platform instead of linear TV programs. But for me the difference is, that nowadays you are sold the illusion of choice. You get to decide when and where to watch and you think you get to decide what to watch - but still we all watch the same things the friendly computer suggests we watch. <br>When I was a teenager, before the internet slowly started to creep into my everyday life slowly taking over for a majority of it, I had a good friend who was a few years older to me who introduced me into the world of cinema. Not the kind of dingy cinema in the town I grew up in, that showed the same blockbuster for weeks on end, but the big beautiful world of cinema beyond the preselected programs on TV or in my local cinema. He had a collection of small yellow Reclam Books (an institution in Germany) that were guides to the biggest genres of film: horror, comedy, thriller. It was an introduction into those genres and gave you a guidelines into their most important films, most of the &#8220;old&#8221; classics. And he shared those insights with me and also showed me movies and TV show he enjoyed that simply blew my mind. First and foremost he introduced me to Twin Peaks and after that to Blue Velvet - I became the worst kind of Lynch-fixated for the years to come (still am - RIP). I was fascinated by the storytelling, the visuals, the weirdness of it all. </p><p><br>And from then on, I never stopped - until I did and became the lazy consumer I am today.</p><p>I love that my friend took the time to show me something he liked and that he thought I might also enjoy. It makes me happy to think, that other people actually watch something and then remember another human being who might also find that interesting. And not in a showboat-y way, but in a way that shows deep respect and understanding  for the other person. </p><p>That friend urged me to watch the Sopranos. He knew I would love it, because he knew me and he knew himself. We grew apart as our paths drifted further away from one another and with every time somebody suggested watching the Sopranos to me, I just felt that little bit of resistance - that friend told me to watch that show, I never did, why start now? </p><p>And it is a bit of a dare to start a show with a cult following and 86 episodes to work through. One might not understand why you&#8217;re supposed to watch something that was made almost 30 years ago. But then I watched the first episode and it all just made sense. I saw all the friends in it, that recommended it to me &#8211; the love for a good dialogue reminded me of that one friend, the obsession with 90s New York of the other one, another one I saw in the appreciation for the absurdity of real life and another in the love of Italian food. I still have a lot of episodes ahead of me, but I can&#8217;t wait for all the things I get to see in that show and what I will get to see of myself in it as well. </p><p>So, go on. Just watch the Sopranos. Listen to the song your friend is obsessed with, even if you would prefer to listen to your pre-selected playlist on Spotify. Read that book someone gifted you, even though you hate novels and would prefer to read another Substack post on your phone. People will always show you the most interesting aspect of life, of themselves and of you through media and I personally just think that is so lovely.  </p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lisavietzeillustration.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perceive me!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love the internet - and I hate it so much. Where to start regulating yourself when you don't know yourself without your fix anymore?]]></description><link>https://lisavietzeillustration.substack.com/p/perceive-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lisavietzeillustration.substack.com/p/perceive-me</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Vietze]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:16:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff2b8a07f-d9d7-439d-915c-370a76e40afe_1559x1559.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I loved the internet since forever. I registered to every Social Media platform I ever encountered and have been more or less addicted to them since I registered my first MySpace profile. The early days of the non-algorithm-defined social networks like internet forums or chat rooms of the early 2000s were incredible: they were weird, unregulated, honest, raw and - most importantly - restricted to your home computer. <br>I think back to my teenage years that I spent online with some regret of the time wasted, but mostly with a true sense of gratitude because it made me a more interesting, open-minded and thoughtful person. I made a lot of connections to people I would have never met and learned about things from other people that were just not part of my very small town life. But that was before the algorithms took over. To anyone who has not been there for that time, let me give you one example on how things worked to be part of a small internet forum that focussed on one topic (in my case small german indie bands): <br>First you had to learn about it, usually at a concert or through a friend who basically set the thing up themselves. You had to be a verified user to be part of the forum and had to introduce yourself. You then could talk to people on different topics, much like reddit today but each forum had a specific topic and off-topic threads could be introduced, but were mostly frowned upon. Another thing that was not very common were ads. You got references to things connected to the theme of the forum, like suggestions for new music, tour dates etc. but if anyone would come in to promote a product, it would pretty much be the end of their time there. It was slow, it took a lot of time and effort to build those communities and they often did not stay in the digital space but intertwined with the real world in meaningful ways. <br>If I open instagram now, the things I predominantly see is ads. Ads that are clearly identifiable as those, posted by the companies themselves. Ads by influencers and/or  content creators. Ads that are videos, ads that are pictures, ads in my feed, ads in my stories. And it is not exclusive to instagram, obviously. I listen to a podcast on my run and it is playing an ad for a car insurance. I read the news online and between the horrors describing a war I get an ad for a razor. I open WhatsApp and it suggests I should start following a supermarkets "WhatsApp Channel&#8221;.  <br>All social network have turned into one of those Advert newspapers you throw out without looking at it if it inadvertedly lands in your postbox. <br>But the ads are not all of it, because let&#8217;s face it: we are so used to being bombarded with ads, they have become part of our everyday life and we hardly stop to think when we are hearing or seeing one. We just take it in and that&#8217;s that.<br>The other thing that is ruining these platforms for me is the AI slop. It is getting harder to see the difference between normal posts and AI generated stuff, if you don&#8217;t pay attention. And it fucking sucks so hard - because I don&#8217;t want to go on a social network to see stuff AI generated to mimic human social interactions. I don&#8217;t want to see AI art, even if it is the future of design and it is impressive engineering &#8211; I want to connect to people and with everyday I get less and less of that. I don&#8217;t want to see AI generated anything, but I want to see Sam Altman Interview snippets where he is downplaying the impact AI has on the world even less (you guys do realise he is the one who is making money with chatgpt, right? he won&#8217;t be the one to tell you it is stupid to ask chatgpt to summarise a simple mail for you because you start to become so lazy even reading to paragraphs is too much?)</p><p>And then there is all the other bad things: metas policies on DEI themes, the role of social networks in the rise of alt-right or other extremist tendencies in young people, the rise of SkinnyTok (glorified eating disorder, hello tumblr 2010 been there done that) and other harmful trends we should have left in the 2000s. </p><p>Every other human would know that this is not good and that, for their own sake, they should stop giving their attention to this side of the internet. But my 5 hours average screen time tell a different story than my rationalities in the paragraphs before. I use the internet as a pacifier in times of distress. When my mind is racing, I am feeling anxious, uncertain and disconnected from others I take to the Internet. And with a minicomputer at my disposal at all times it truly is the best stimming toy in the world. You can fidget, you can swipe, you can numb your brain. So I want to stop. <br>I deleted all social media apps apart from messenger apps (essential for my freelance work) from my phone. I want to see what this will do for my creativity, for my mental health, for my sense of self. As much as I hate being perceived and the centre of attention on the real world the more I crave it on the internet. Giving me the control of what people see of me gave the false idea that I know who I am. That I know what I want to say. That I can actually control what other people think of me. So let&#8217;s break it up. Not forever, but I want to put the genie back into the box and the social networks back onto my home computer. </p><p>Hopefully this wonderful substack will help me find more things that inspire me, maybe find something to aspire to and also share more of the things I do not with the intention of achieving something with it. There will be more art, illustrations and all other kinds of shenanigans to come, I promise. </p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>