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73. Bright and Dark Side

There's a bright side and a dark side to many things - but to some more than to others...

Today's star was originally planned for the 9th of November, but I didn't find any time then to make it. It's been in my head ever since, and I really wanted to get it down. As today there was nothing else striking my mind I decided to go for it. However, it got late and I've been running out of patience, so it's not as fancy as I had wanted it to be - but that's just life, I suppose... I might come to terms with this rather simple and rough looking version, though. :) White paper cut and placed on black paper.

The story behind the star:
Living in Germany, the 9th of November is a very ambiguous date. Looking at the history of this country, it has been an important day more than once throughout the 20th century - and it's now remembered with very mixed emotions for it has seen events of brightest joy as well as darkest horror: 1918 - the emperor Wilhelm II abdicates and Germany is proclaimed a republic; 1923 - the "Hitlerputsch" is crushed by police and government forces; 1938 - Kristallnacht, the national pogrom of violent attacks on Jewish citizens continues through the following night; 1989 - the fall of the Berlin Wall.

I've got a feeling that if I think about this too much, my head and heart are both going to burst...

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