no more walls
I've been organizing photographs from my 2002 trip to Europe, and thought I'd scan and post this close up I took of the Berlin Wall. It's from the East Side Gallery, a large outdoor gallery of murals painted on remnants of the wall by artists from all over the world. I felt soothed by the colours in this small section, yet haunted by the overall image. The piece is "Coming Through the Wall" by Kani Alavi.
Here's hoping that in 2006, the world will tear down more walls than it puts up. (Except for the East Side Gallery. I hope it stands for a long time to come.)
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Stuffed deer heads on walls are bad enough, but it's worse when they are wearing dark glasses and have streamers in their antlers because then you know they were enjoying themselves at a party when they were shot.
Ellen DeGeneres
Mitz - thanks! I try and promote serious blogscussion de temps en temps.
AG - I like walls, except for when they opress people. For instance, the really hot guy in the apartment across from me should have see-through walls, because the fact that they're opaque is opressing me. (He has posted half-naked pictures of himself on gay hook-up sites, so he's obviously ok with people seeing him naked.)
They keep the poor people away from the rich people, the ugly people away from beautiful, etc.
"Walls" keep people in their place!
"Walls" are good!
Berlin was fun--I'd love to go back someday.
On the plus side, I discovered that Google Image search comes in handy when your Lonely Planet guides alone can't help you identify exactly what the fuck it was you took a picture of 3.5 years ago.