They met at documenta 5 in the Büro für direkte Demokratie (Office for Direct Democracy) and became friends. She was an art historian and connoisseur of Greek mythology, he the great, unconventional artist. They shared a belief in a new social order. Rhea Thönges-Stringaris became Joseph Beuys' advisor and close confidant. Together they founded the outpost of the Free International University (FIU) in Kassel, had discussions and disputes with intellectuals such as Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Rudi Dutschke, Rudolf Bahro, Urs Jaeggi, Petra Kelly and many others. In interviews, Rhea Thönges-Stringaris shares her view of Joseph Beuys as an artist and as a person. Memories of a time of trying out new ways of thinking and of the places in the city of Kassel where her and Beuys worked.