Sachgebiete

Beschreibung:

Qu.-8°. 152 S., sehr zahlr. Abb. Broschiert.

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Gebraucht, aber gut erhalten. - Zahlreiche Fotografien. - Foreward -- Preface -- Chapter One The Writings on the Wall Chapter Two Up Against the Wall lhapter Three Off the Wall Chapter Four The Wall Came Tumbling Down -- Chapter Five After the Fall -- Epilogue. // Before it began to be dismantled, the Berlin Wall was approximately one hundred and five miles long encircling the city. About forty five miles of the Wall was built of concrete. During several visits I walked or rode a bicycle along thirty of those miles and I was never out of site of graffiti. The graffiti were only on the West Berlin side of the Wall. In many places the graffiti is many layers deep. And most of it is only visible for a short time (often just a few days) because it is painted over by the next artist. The writing on the Wall seems to appear mysteriously. During the more than two hundred hours I spent near the Wall over fifteen days, I did not once see anyone painting on the Wall. The message and experience of the writing on the Berlin Wall is strangely uplifting. It is a touching chronicle of human creativity, determination, hope, and unity. It seemed inevitable that the Wall would eventually come down. The graffiti prophesied that literally the writing was on the wall. And the opening of the Wall is more than just the removal of a physical barrier and division. It is a joining, coming together of human consciousness. A new unity that is only possible when we love our diversity. ... ISBN 0962655104