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And then there’s one’s parents’ home. Where one grew up. This is a very special house. Every scratch on the wall holds a memory. A life- time was spent within these walls. It feels warm and safe, embracing you from the moment you step inside and close the door behind you, like a chick in the nest that was carefully assembled by its parents; thread by thread, twig by twig. It has a special scent; that of sugar and cinnamon. A pinch of clove, perhaps.
You are not aware of the qualities your parents’ home possesses, and they are taken for granted. It is only when the safety, or the existence of this house is endangered that you become acutely aware of them.
I’ve been on the road for 3 months. 3 months with one suitcase. In it I have: 4 skirts and one pair of pants, a couple of T-shirts and two dresses (for special occasions). The dresses are identical but for their color: one is brown, the other - blue. I don’t have any winter clothes, or even autumn. Luckily for me, the sun here always shines.
Outside Tel Aviv Museum there's a statue by Zadok Ben David.
Sebastian Haffner: Defying Hitler: A Memoir
A VERY important book. Autobiographical notes written by an Aryan German describing the rise of Nazism from a (seemingly) insider’s point of view. An incredible insight into the nature of us, humans, that raises countless questions. Would we resist too?
Marjane Satrapi : Persepolis : The Story of a Childhood
A wonderful autobiographical graphic novel about growing up in Iran during the Islamic revolution. Reading it was a unique experience for me.
W. G. Sebald: Austerlitz
A masterpiece.