Stephen's Thoughts

Mom had hung a copy of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" in the 5th East house in Provo during my pre-teen and teen years.

The chanting and the organ give rise to a reverent, ethereal, atmosphere.

Beethoven composed his sixth (Pastorale) and ninth symphonies at this location.

The man in the red jacket carrying the food tray. Three feet. Bruegel toying with us?

Under communism, no one asks you for your opinion.

If the English language is preserved in the future in correct grammatical usage, it won't be by Americans, but by Europeans who speak English as a second language.

Is the political correctness seen in our time is another form of the same phenomenon - circle of silence?

I walked... today... where Hitler walked......

Is the author's message that Gregor was already living an alienated life? A life void of any humane appreciation? Were his emotions cold and his ability to communicate constrained so as to have already turned him into the equivalent of an insect?

And what about us?

Need for economic growth via immigration to grow the work force is a central issue throughout Europe, not just Germany, today.

The rallies, held in September, were usually attended by more than a million people.

Adherents? That's another matter as some 60% of Czechs profess to be atheists, the highest percentage 
of non believers of any country in Europe.