12/27 Indeed she has a subtler appreciation of the Venetian School of Painting than I have. She first opened my eyes, in Italy, to the beauties, as a gorgeous colourist, of Palma Vecchio in his second or Giorgionesque manner. She is in every way a sympathetic and entertaining companion. Going deeper, to the roots of human instinct, I find she represents to me--so chance has willed it--the _ewige weibliche_ which must complement masculinity in order to produce normal existence. But as for the "_zieht uns hinan_"-- no. |