The Bartleby - Magazine on Paper and Writing Culture

Timeless minds, yesteryear accessories: Paper and writing have always meant the world. A world conserving the wisdom of mankind, a timeless sphere for creativity. Writing is an unparalleled way of creating. "The Bartleby"​ is an online magazine that celebrates writing and sketching and the minds behind which shape our culture. I feature artists, carefully curated items for paper lovers and focus on writing and travelling. As an author I appreciate working at different places. In a train, at a cafe, in a hotel room or in a park. I have been writing for about 15 years as freelance journalist, revealing the experiences of many different people like confiseurs, travel entrepreneurs, authors, or an ESA astronaut. A unique process connects every story, every person I talk to for me: writing down their words. My texts are published on websites, in brochures, newspapers and magazines. Some others lay in my desk, hidden from the world. Why Bartleby?- The name of this site is a tribute to Herman Melville’s "Bartleby The Scrivener"​. Melville wrote it in 1853, but in many aspects it is a modern piece. Bartleby, that pale and reluctant clerk in a notary’s office at Wall Street, starts to refuse his monotonous work as a copyist. Nevertheless he doesn’t leave the scenery, the office with its rustle of paper. Bartleby is a ghostly figure in a changing world. We don’t live in Melville’s times, and we don’t catch a first glimpse of emerging markets. But paper and ink have kept their timeless secret. And more than ever, we need some spheres and minds insisting on paper and ink. Imprint: https://thebartleby.com/impressum/