Trains, Again: A Metronome in Prague

Leaden outside; gold and warm in the train. This train would go all the way to Budapest Keleti-pu, but I am getting off at Praha Holesvice.

I was thinking about how national demons get vanquished -- if they ever do get vanquished, or if they simply die down to rise up again later at another opportune time.

Germany was heartening, is heartening to think of. They are one of the most liberal and progressive countries in the world, in the 21st century, despite the 20th century difficulties. In Dresden there is a bridge with a stone inscription that reads something like Freedom is the Freedom to Think Differently; a post-war reconstruction. Imagine how drastically a manner of thinking can change in a generation...

In Prague, my friend tells me, there used to be this statue of Stalin up on a hill. Then they blew up the statue of Stalin -- now a metronome stands in its place (pictured below). Time keeps on ticking; everything changes -- sometimes more than you will expect. The world is in need of a radical change in thinking, but history proves that it is possible.