I wouldn't use the spray then, I'd get a can, pour some out into a container, and dip paper towels in it. That way you won't be stinking up your apartment and breathing the stuff, or getting it on anything else. Put some old newpapers down underneath your sword.
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.