The Orsay
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Ghosts of liberated prisonerswalk with Courbet, Cezanne, Degas, Seurat,with muted talk of prisons, high treason,freedom.
Invisible rails chatter between the wallswhile de Gaulle commands allegiancefor the cause.
Welles replays Kafka for the camera's tales,hoping to gain immortality for the arrestand prosecution each timethe celluloid is threaded. [End Page 51]
Gilded moments still tick away beneaththe iron and glass vault,deifying all contained therein,now somehow less threateningto these new travelers below.
Aulenti speaks firmly and gently,reflecting new,encouraging constant referenceto old,scrupulously reflectingnarrative lines in the collection.
Her vivid voice dignifies all.Perfection in meld of form and function.
Across the Seine, the Tuilerieswelcome the tawny limestoneso recently home of cats andpigeons and rusted rail.
Old travelers, liberated prisoners,artistic soothsayers, inspired architectsspeak their tales.
Ladd Bausch, a Nebraska native and a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University and the University of Arizona, spent forty years as a music and technology educator in Nebraska and Arizona. He is retired and resides in Arizona with his family.
Footnotes
Note: Gae Aulenti was the architect responsible for designing the restoration of the Gare d'Orsay. She was praised for her design. Orson Welles filmed the 1962 movie version of Kafka's The Trial at the old Gare d'Orsay. [End Page 52]
