Isn’t it? A colourfully dressed girl balancing on a stack of books, empowered by her reading material she takes a flight of fancy. The artist, Hans Scheib, called his work “Die Literaturnerin”, a portmanteau word, a blend of “Literatur” (literature) and “Turnerin” (gymnast). FOWC with … Continue reading The Embodiment of a Reader
After the summer break, another: Pick a word from Thursday’s Special.
The fortress in Bitche, France. Fortified against the German/Prussian threat to the East.
The statue of Germania looking to French threat to the West.
Personally, I find him much more chic than any political manifest in stone.
The Alps are also “set in stone” – in this case, the famous Eiger and Jungfrau in the Berner Oberland in Switzerland.
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The Rhine burst its banks in Düsseldorf, way back in 2016.
For more photos illustrating the five words, click here.
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