About me

A quick overview of who I might be

Hi, that’s me!

I’m Lissy :) Nope, that’s not a nickname for Elizabeth or Liselotte, just a cool short name most people accidently write with ‘zz’. Whether you prefer the german, american or french way of pronouncing my name — I am fine with all of them if you just call me maybe ;). — Unconventional side note — I vote for using our names more! It just feels so personal and individual and direct when seeing your name flowing [sich ergießen aus] out of someone elses mouth, hearing your name in the air. Don’t you think?

I am now 19 years old and currently studying Physics at ETH Zürich which I started two years ago — to answer all my questions about how the world works. Or in other words: “Was die Welt im Innersten zusammenhält.” Even if that might sound cheesy and many people answer that, it is actually true. But more on that here. “Understanding” is a big word. Honestly, I hope I’ll never fully understand the world. Not because I think science takes away the wonder — quite the opposite. I believe science adds to the beauty and sense of awe. I once hoped that someday humanity will understand everything around us, but was glad that I personally would never. Now, I am slowly starting to believe that actually not everything must be understoof that deeply. Because many things should be felt, not just understood, experienced, not just explained, tried and done, not just theoretizied. For sure, it’s not black and white and neither the one nor the other extreme is the way to go and what I propose. But many everyday activities like sports can for most people be done up to a level without analyzing it in depth before. They are done by: monkey see, monkey do. Trying, experiencing, doing. We still rely on trying and failing quite often and it should not be a picture established which conveys the impression that we understand so much and can explain nature. It’s often intuition from experience and retrying which leads us to success regarding nature and life. For sure, the expansion of knowledge has brought us somewhere exceptional, but we sometimes forget to be human, experience, trust our intuition and don’t overthink.

Long story short, I am still very excited that what we can already explain is too much for any single person to fully grasp. You can choose what to learn next out of this vast universe of things all over and over again. (Spoiler: this lead me to try many different things lately!) I also love this idea: that we’re dependent on other minds — on each other — to connect the pieces we’ve uncovered and make sense of the world and ourselfes. And this can also start in the small, in understanding ourselves better by connecting with other people. Yet, I’m trying to let to overthing and rationalize less, connect more with my emotions again and experience life in more depth and facettes.

But that’s enough for now. I’m also passionate about a few other things. I believe people should explore more. Try more. Learn different things. We’re too versatile as humans to reduce ourselves to one (or few) passion(s). That doesn’t mean I prefer variety over depth — not at all. I love depth. I love asking thoughtful questions and exploring what lies underneath, discovering details and understanding structures. But I also learned lately, that dipping into various different fields and topics gives you an overview of what is out there, can bring you closer to yourself by experiencing what you resonate with (even if liking something does not mean you always need to rEsSonaTe and being freeky into it ;)it’s also okay to just like it!:)) and enforces and broadens your creativity and your ideas just by having seen, learned and done many different things.

And I changed my view froom believing that depth is always the most important thing when learning / experiencing something new — it’s all about what you want to gain from doing it, what you find interesting and what fits into your life right now. You are no imposter if you do not understand a project or a learned skill or information fully in depth. (Still need to learn this…) It is a skill to learn new and adapt to new activities (quickly or slowly) and it is fully on your side to take from it as much depth or other insights, impressions and feelings as you want to.

So, a few of my passions:

• I used to play the piano for a long time.
• I’ve been swimming for as long as I can remember.
• I’m passionate about photography — especially of the sky (not deep-sky yet, but someday), macro photography and artsy portraits.
• And I’m deeply into writing poetry — reflective, thoughtful writing, full of questions and personal emotions. I question myself a lot. Reflect on what moves my mind, what I struggle with, what I feel about the world, and how I see it. From physics to philosophy (even though it stayed more personal and less historical) If you see yourself in this, feel free to take a look at my writing. Let your thoughts float, resonate, or even rebel against mine — that’s what makes thinking fun.

What else is there to know? I’m always trying to improve myself — which isn’t always a good thing. To follow what sparks my curiosity, not let the flame die out, and to stay in love with the world I now try many new things and dip into new new topics.

So — who are you? Send me an e-mail if you’d like to discuss questions of any kind, go for a swim/run, or give me feedback on this site. I’d love to hear from you. :)