4- No Nikki ‘O! The answer is no! Make your own newsletter!
2*- Whyyyy?
4- Because YU are Architype 2*: Courage, sweetie. And whatever YU do always has consequences!
2*- What consequences?
4- Well, like the time YU posted that gif on Linkedin.
2*- What? YU mean this one?
2*- Hihihi….
4- I’m serious, Nikki ‘O.
2*- But Veronica, everybody knows it’s like this.
4- Yeah well… that doesn’t mean we have to be the ones saying it out loud. Good thing Captain saw it in time and removed it again. Because otherwise…
2*- Otherwise what?
4- Well, YU know, in case we need another permit.
2*- Now why would that be a problem?
4- Well, I don’t know. It just feels like we’re attacking them.
2*-If I was from the administration in Ghent, I would laugh so hard with this.
4- Well, I have to admit : it is funny.
2*- Veronica. It’s hilarious.
4- Maybe YU’re right. Sometimes even good people get trapped inside absurd systems.
2*- Yes. So there’s nothing to worry about.
4- Anyway, does anybody have a proper question so I’m able to explain the whole YUNIVERSE thing?
….
4- Anybody?
…
3- Explain ‘What is Yugen?’
4- Good idea, thank YU Captain.
“Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.” — William Shakespeare
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My name is Veronica.
I am one of Véronique Orens’ alter egos. Or as she prefers to call them: Architypes. These Architypes (with an “i”, because the ArchEtypes already belong to Carl Jung. But don’t ask me how the pronunciation is any different), were created from Architecture. Hence the ‘i’ in Architype.
There are 9 Architypes in total. YU will get to know them one by one. And yes, we know. It’s a lot to take in. An architect with 26 years of experience, once considered a highly respected professional, suddenly showing up with 9 alter egos after two years of isolation…
It does sound slightly insane.
That’s why we call it ; The Crazy Circus. Yes, we have gone bonkers and we love it. Maybe the world could use a little more beautiful madness right now.
I myself represent the Architype of Curiosity. I have always loved curious people. The nerds. The passionate misfits. Hence the red dress and the ‘sexy’ name ‘Veronica’, referring to Veronica Lake. Because she had a high IQ but didn’t look like the stereotypical “nerd.” And that’s exactly the point. There are countless brilliant women out there constantly being underestimated because of the way they look. Too beautiful to possibly be intelligent.
But the same thing happens to men who managed to keep a soft heart in a world that often rewards emotional distance. Somewhere along the way, vulnerability and empathy became mistaken for weakness. And seriousness for intelligence.
That story is getting old. It’s time for a new story.