I have an 8 ft ceiling in the dining room. There is about a 1 ft angled wall to the ceiling?

Paint the angle of the wal with a contrasting color. Brown pretty neutral, find a color that you like and if it is accented in the room use that color, because it will draw the eye up, to make you room back to 8 ft.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.