http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-ART-DECO-WILLSON-WWII-AVIATOR-VTG-SUNGLASSES-/250784679293?pt=Vintage_Men_s_Women_s_Accessories&hash=item3a63ee857d
I realize that this might be an unusual object to choose to share, but these glasses managed to make me think more than many of the other artifacts I came across.
My reasoning behind this is that somebody had to see through these glasses. Somebody had to look through these specific lenses to experience the war. They viewed the war in a slightly green tint, watching either the horrors that went down, or taking in an ignortantly perfect world, unaware of what was really happening. The inside of the arms is engraved with the name "Willson," which implies a specific person owned, wore, and took good care of these glasses.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Alice Lok
1. If you could see your grandfather today, what would you ask him?
2. Was their one specific moment when you realized just how fearful you were? One moment when you had never been so terrified and never thought you'd ever be?
3. Do you ever consider trying to contact your sister? Do you think she survived? Would you want to find her?
4. Do you think the experienced weakened or strengthened your faith? Did you find yourself ever questioning God while you said those prayers?
5. You're an artist now. Does your experience surviving the Holocaust ever provide inspiration for your art. How?
2. Was their one specific moment when you realized just how fearful you were? One moment when you had never been so terrified and never thought you'd ever be?
3. Do you ever consider trying to contact your sister? Do you think she survived? Would you want to find her?
4. Do you think the experienced weakened or strengthened your faith? Did you find yourself ever questioning God while you said those prayers?
5. You're an artist now. Does your experience surviving the Holocaust ever provide inspiration for your art. How?
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