November 9ths
11/9/2009 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. In many ways, the breaking or crumbling of boundaries is an emergent property (or teleological condition) of its symbology but also assumes that even if the physical barriers are removed, the semiotics endure. "For many years after reunification, there still was talk in Germany of cultural differences between East and West Germans (colloquially Ossis and Wessis), sometimes described as Mauer im Kopf (The wall in the head)." [11/9/2024: The 20th@15. “In a modern world we should draw no lines, but our lives are framed in fear. In a peaceful world, there can be no war, but the enemies are always near.”] It's a Perfect World. .. They’re restoring the WWI memorial in Scoville Park, and when the protective sheaths blow over the sculpture it clings in interesting ways. Also interesting how the ropes are bound at the ankles. 11/9/2013 At the compositional level, it is always more interesting to have a good set of bones to...
