Berlin is so different from anywhere else I have ever been. It's like some giant counter-cultural movement/city. For instance, where else would you say twice in one day, "I just had an amazing conversation with a really cute homeless guy." Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's Berlin..you can decide.
Since I have gotten here I have found really cozy cafes, bookstores, and pubs where the people are actually really friendly. Today I met a German grad student and we talked for about an hour. I have noticed that the hardest part of conversing with someone who's first language is not english is interpreting humor across the language barrier. I mean, this guy spoke great english but it still took a lot for one another to register sarcasm or jokes....I don't think I am really describing it correctly but it was just something very strange that I had never really thought about before
anyway he told me about this new type of art known as "reverse graffiti." What these graffiti artists do is create a stencil of a flower, for instance, and put it on a dirty wall. Then they power wash over the stencil. The result is a beautiful, clean, white flower on a grimy wall. It is supposed to be art and an environmental stand all on the wall of a subway. Its apparently happening all over but I just saw one in Berlin and it was really beautiful and different.
Here is a youtube link of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjmSqMRcegg
thats a really cool concept
ReplyDelete