Sharing this space are weapons and other souvenirs, tokens of remembrance. Souvenir is an old French word. It means to recall. The memories depicted the walls echo off the enduring reality of the artifacts that separate them. Some viewers are troubled that there is not more grandeur or military glory here.
Dark themes dominate.
But here and there a glimmer of unblemished beauty catches the eye. These gently-flowing water colors defy the chaos around them. A closer look reveals they come from a soldier from the other side, the Communist side. They were found in the pocket of a dead Communist soldier. They give us a window into his side of the world and remind us of how much our worlds have in common.