Unzipped!

[Guest guest]

> While reading the newspaper this morning, I couldn't

> help notice the symbolism of an event which occured in

> Berlin yesterday, as one million gathered at the

> unveiling of the restored Brandenburg Gate on the 12th

> anniversary of the reunited nation. Here is a small

> snippet from the article:

>

> " Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and former US President

> Bill Clinton watched as a Munich designer PULLED A

> HUGE ZIPPER TO LOOSEN THE COVERING FROM THE GATE

> [emphasis added], revealing the gleaming white

> sandstone structure ...This year's festivities were

> the first in Berlin since Germany celebrated the Oct.

> 3, 1990 merger of East and West Germany - the date

> marked annually as Unity Day - at the Brandenburg

> Gate. "

>

> Man is forever seeking meaning via symbols and

> symbolic acts. Had the German designer been a part of

> our group here he might have selected another symbolic

> act for the unveiling the symbol of the " new " Germany

> [as the act of unzipping is the opposite of

> " symbolos " ]. Unzipping to reveal unification, that

> which the ceremony was intended to convey, contains a

> certain irony, one that bears watching - given

> Germany's unique history in the last century. We can

> only hope that this ironic, if inadvertant, act will

> have far less profound implication for the future than

> did Hitler's use of the reverse swastika, the symbol

> of the Third Reich, 70 years ago!

>

> Greg

Greg I do not see it as separative a symbol. I relate it more to

unveiling the White unblemished pure.

In terms of your reference to power re the male balancing, I wonder

what the feminine quality you felt drawn to was, that offered calming

of the tendency to seek power? And, what feminine expression seemed

to be an obstruction? If I am wording this offensively please excuse

me. I am not trying to be offensive. And I know this topic is very

delicate for men & women.

With Respect,

Col