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A Reflection for the Third Sunday of Easter
Like many before and since, the German Romantic poet Heinrich Heine had great difficulty accepting the death of his father Samson. As a child, Heine had greatly admired, even adored, his father, but his career as a writer had led him far from home. It was weeks after his father’s death when Heinrich could finally return.
In his biography
Heinrich Heine: Writing the Revolution (2020) part of the tremendous Jewish Lives Series from Yale University Press George Prochnik links the strong sorrow the poet experienced to his neglect of his father’s twilight years: “Though Samson had been fading for years and Heine’s visits home were rare, the news struck him a body blow. Decades later he told a friend that he simply couldn’t absorb the loss.”
Hedy Weiss guides an artistic journey towards healing from three sources. by Hedy Weiss on January 25, 2021
Hershey Felder at the piano. Photo courtesy of Hershey Felder.
Vaccine or no vaccine, the COVID-19 pandemic is still very much with us, and probably will continue to plague the world for some time to come. But while artists and arts organizations have suffered immensely throughout the past year, they also have refused to be silenced. Theater has adapted itself to the small screen. Music has been recorded. Books have been published. Here are three ideal, yet very different examples of art that might help ease the long trek back to normal.