Sunday, April 5, 2009

Museum of the triumph of the human spirit!



I couldn't get enough of a Museum dedicated to the uprisings, escapes and peoples revolutions of the many instances of oppression and war in Germany AND to be stationed on the old sight of the wall separating East and West Berlin. I could FEEL to energy of years of action, reaction and revolt as I passed from one side to the other.
People curled up in the boot of Volkwagons, concealed in suitcases, dropped from buildings and covered in dirt from crawling through tunnels. I am stunned at the astounding nature of humanity both in the actions of leaders and the creativity of survival. My life seems so small and lacking in trauma. I am grateful as I well up with tears at the sight of little children reunited with their family after secret missions in the middle of the night to float hot air balloons and cut barbed wire.

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