Journal 16: Graffiti

I found this on the Berlin Wall when visiting the East Side Gallery. The image shows the skyline of Berlin with several iconic buildings. However it is more of a political statement. One the left side of the skyline the West side is being portrayed with its nice tall iconic buildings. The East side however shows large run down industrial buildings billowing smoke out into the sky.

The whole image shows the contrast between how life was in the West versus how people in the East suffered from the rule of the DDR. There are many makings on the East Side gallery which convey the same idea, but I stumbled onto this one because it was the least obvious. I had to look at it for a bit to understand the meaning behind it and I believe that a lot of graffiti is similar in that respect.