A return to the DHM, Deutsches Historische Museum for the less anguishing upper floors. Bizarrely, the war shots can make great post cards. It must be that the real documentation is too raw, especially film. Life packs an unbearable punch while art sublimates, taking the intensity and like alchemy, makes life strongly interesting rather than a complete devastation. It is not hiding one's head in sand; it is enabling us to go on. ‘Art makes Life more interesting than Art', a compensation for our mortality.
The museum is full of historic fascination, Dührer, Ingres, Rubens, are only a part of it. Wandering immersed in German invention and history, four hours passed so quickly that it amazed me, (not known for my patience).
