The Wall

I was unaware that in late 2009 ten original segments of the Berlin Wall arrived in Los Angeles, and were installed on Wilshire Boulevard.  Thankfully, on my short walk from the Arts and Crafts Museum to LACMA I passed by them.  Brought to the city by the Wende Musem, and painted by artists including Kent Twitchell and Thierry Noir, they form the longest stretch of this iconic historical monument outside of Berlin.  Standing in front of them I could only think about the lives they separated and the political conflict they symbolized.