The Short Now

Did you notice the missing question mark? I saw this mural at the "Tacheles" in Berlin - the legendary community center at which Bruce Springsteen shot his video to "Glory Days."

Speaking of the past, it is moving faster in these days of Twitter, and Berlin, with its unique blend of deep history and superficial trendiness, seems to be uniquely positioned to manifest the "Now is gone" phenomenon. It is almost a theme when you walk through the "Hauptstadt's" streets. At the front of the Pergamon Museum, for example, I spotted a neon installation that says “All art was once contemporary.” That's a good point, and it has been made before. The Creatisphere blog is right: "We cannot be Rembrandts again. We cannot go back home." Not even if home was just a blink of an eye ago.