As every
year the KaDeWe, Berlins luxury store, that seductively is only six minutes
away from our flat, decorated its shop windows lavishly for Christmas.
This time
the motto is ‚Grimm’s Fairy Tales‘ – though very liberally interpreted.
I am
especially fascinated by „The Princess and the Pea“.
I own a
genuine ‘Hügel‘ with this theme, priceless because from a very early period of
his work.
A Portrait of the Artist as a very Young Man – and if you think that
‚portrait of‘ has been used here in the wrong way: not at all. You only
should ask: portrait of whom?
Here is a
game that can give much insight into the character of another human being: ask
him/her, which fairy tale s/he loves best. Very often you will be surprised –
even more so if you ask for the reasons of the choice.
It can
happen that the gusto for a fairy tale changes in life. After being fascinated
by The Fisherman and his Wife for many years, (the woman would make a career at
all costs and was never content) I believed that Mother Hulda rewards the
hard worker and punishes the lazy buggers (hehe – they are not called fairy tales
for nothing!). Now I like The Town Musicians of Bremen with their winning motto
“You will always find something better
than death“ so much that I have a little silver sculpture standing on my
desk.
Doubly appropriate as I come from Bremen.
One fairy tale
in the KaDeWe was difficult. Who do you believe is this?
