I wouldn’t call myself a particularly diehard fan. I am rather … reasonable. Don’t get me wrong, I love Ghost music, it makes me happy. I always admire the rich vocabulary and laugh at the puns. To me, each song is a symphony that I can spin endlessly. And of course I jumped on one hype train or another. But I am a controlled character. I don’t throw underwear at concerts (nobody can want this!), nor am I a groupie type. I could have bought music, merch and tickets like any other decent admirer of some very good tunes…

Because everyone else brings Gifts

… until I was standing in line for a Ghost event that spontaneously became a signing hour, and the fans around me seemed prepared. Pictures, candy, homemade little gifts for the frontman. And I was there – empty-handed. I felt strangely ashamed. So I swore to myself that I would be prepared if I ever got the opportunity for such an event again…. Well, bringing a 60 cm wooden cube with a 40 cm fragile ball inside to a party is not really practical. I guess I forgot my tendency to give gifts without thinking too much about the size or appropriateness.

Because I can craft

Ever since I was a child, I have loved to craft and I love giving gifts. I do this without measuring the value of work and effort by the worth of the individual. It sounds strange, but I’ve given gifts to people I did not know very well or who were not close friends and still put a lot of time into gifting them. Mainly because crafting is relaxing me and seeing the recipients being happy about their gifts is always cheering me up too. But most of all, giving a gift is saying I like you, and there is nothing wrong about that, right?

I never expected anything in return, it’s the fun of crafting, the joy of giving and seeing the recipient happy, amazed or stunned. I do not want to buy friendship with this. This was my very first attempt at gifting a VIP (and definitely the last) and the first 3D globe I’ve made.

Because the Music deserves a special Feedback

I wanted to create something unique, something special – just as Tobias Forge’s compositions and lyrics are something unique and genius for me. Returning the inspiration with something inspirational – I thought it would at least get some attention or even make its recipient laugh. Ghost music meant the world to me. Recreating this unique world in miniature might sound crazy but what in this world is not?