FREIBURGER ZEITGEISTLITERATURE (Satis Shroff)

(c)Paintings, beyeler fondation, basle, schweiz Nipponese Influence in Monet‘s Art (Satis Shroff) It was a beautiful day in May with just the clouds moving languidly across the sky above the Rhine Valley. You could see the Vosges beyond the vineyards of Kaiserstuhl and the Schwarzwald seemed to be receding. It was lunchtime that I arrived in the second biggest town (after Zurich) in Switzerland, namely Basle. This Swiss town has almost the same population as Freiburg. I headed straight for Minamoto: a Japanese restaurant to fortify myself.. Apero was Riesling Kung Fu Girl, followed by Salat Kaarage, which turned out to be a salad compositae, as the French call it, with baked poulet pieces  in a plum vinnaigrette. Mundgerecht, as we say in German.  I opted for the Minamoto Don: meat in a Japanese onion sauce with Bei Shoga ginger. I skipped the Tiramisu because my inner man doesn’t prefer it and  chose Umeshu-plum wine choya. Influence of Japan:  Why doe...

Zeitgeistlyrik: O Heimat (Satis Shroff) O HEIMAT (Satis Shroff) O Heimat, Surrounded by parents, Enveloped by brothers and sisters. Blue mountains, Home of the eternal snows, Abode of the Gods, Of the Hindu and Buddhist pantheons. Memories, Of a place deep within me, Where I live. That’s my Heimat. I carry my homeland Within me, Where ever I go. Is home where your father died, In a tragic car-mishap In the foothills of the Himalayas? Heimat isn’t there, Where your mother lives, In another country, To get away from the terror of the Maoists, No longer distressed by poverty. Is your Mom’s choice, What you also desire? Nein , home is where the heart is. Your heart is with the lady you love, Your children, The product of your genes, That you love dearly. Friends with whom you studied, And matured in your Bildungsroman. Your verein where you sing and share, Mundane thoughts and philosophy,...