"Hitler marched into Austria," begins this entry of the Diary of Anais Nin. She is aware of the world around her but has created an "individually perfect world" in which she can continue to influence and guide others and keep her dream alive, escaping the tragedy of daily life. At times she feels weighed down or trapped by the problems of others and the problems of the world, but she is still able to focus on the dream and continue writing Winter of Artifice.
Anais' new houseboat is La Belle Aurore, which she calls "Noah's Ark." She purifies the bookcases, ordains it into order. The simple life nourishes her, makes her happy. She owns little, only what has meaning. As the world crumbles around her, she burns incense in Noah's Ark and forgets everything, feels peace, rescues herself, is safe.
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