It was announced this week that 1B dollars in plundered art was recovered from a former Nazi. = Thinking of all that looted art sitting in a dark room for half a century, suddenly illuminated once again, gives me a deep sense of peace and reminded me of a wonderful poem by Jerzy Ficowski:
I Did Not Manage to Save
I did not manage to save a single lifeI did not know how to stop a single bulletI wander round cemeteries which are not thereI look for words which are not thereI run to help where no one called to answer the event I want to be on time even if I am too late.
To rescue all those beautiful masterpieces by Chagall, Matisse, Klimt, and others is a way for us to be on time even if we are too late. Chagall's work especially. His biblical works and stained glass were a revelation for me this year in Europe. At any rate, here's
the link to the article. Happy Sunday indeed.
Published on November 03, 2013 16:13