“Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers. The question of what to do with the feelings that have been aroused, the knowledge that has been communicated. If one feels that there is nothing ‘we’ can do — but who is that ‘we’? — and nothing ‘they’ can…
Category: travel
Plauen
“the free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it – basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.” Charles Bukowski Friday An excellent night’s sleep. Although I do feel a little spongy in the brain region. Alcohol would be my guess. Breakfast at home. And…
A Pause in Plauen
“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” Albert Camus Thursday We have spent some time in the car over this first week. Slovakia, Poland and Germany. It is time for a few days in…
Political Partitions and Plauen
“People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky Wednesday I look out the window and there are cobblestones embedded in the pathway. A scar of the past that…
Alte Nationalgalerie
“We have art in order not to die of the truth.” Friedrich Nietzsche Tuesday Breakfast at our apartment. It is nice to have a kitchen. Into the city early in search for coffee before the gallery opens. The first stop is Mörder. It has an alternative look which is often a good sign. A false…
Messages From Berlin – Part II
“I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.” Jean-Paul Sartre Monday (Evening) We head out for the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. The city is full of people. We stop and point out the architecture. Shell takes all the pictures and I wonder if…
Messages From Berlin
“Messages tonight, borne on the lights of Berlin . . . neon, incandescent, stellar . . . messages weave into a net of information that no one can escape. . . .” Thomas Pynchon Monday We try to avoid cities. The car allows us to explore places that are difficult to find. The car is…
Słońsk
“There is a way of being wrong which is also sometimes necessarily right.” Edward Abbey Editors note: The author is aware that ‘Pygmy Wheat’ is fictitious. The wheat is in fact, Triticum Aestivum. I thank the valued readership for pointing this out. Further thanks to the readership for explaining the varying influences on wheat height….
Wejherowo
“It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night.” Jack Kerouac Saturday Thunder and then lightning wakes me. It is raining outside. There is nothing like rain outside and being in bed. I lay and listened to the rain and fell back asleep. A longer drive today as we make our…