A prayer for the new year

In the midst of hate, I discovered within me an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I discovered within me an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I discovered an invincible calm. I realized through it all that … in the midst of winter, there was an invincible summer. For it says that…

listen & look

Perhaps, after all, the best way of talking about what you love is to speak of it lightly – Albert Camus Aase Texmon Rygh, Møbius (rund), 2013. Foto: Øystein Thorvaldsen. Aase Texmon Rygh (b 1925), found her artistic vision at an early point, remaining faithful to it throughout her career. With exceptionally strong determination, she…

Todesfuge

When visiting Munich last week I also went to Dachau. Dachau concentration camp was the first of the Nazi concentration camps opened in Germany, intended to hold political prisoners. It is located about 16 km northwest of Munich. There have been several discussions after WW2 regarding the possibility – or even the legitimacy – of making…