A Few Wise Words

and some not so much.

If you are a narcissist loving yourself you have at least the advantage of not having many rivals in your love.”

One of the many very witty and occasionally sharp aphorisms of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, a physicist and satirist who was one of the foremost European thinkers of the 18th century.

This wall stands in the middle of a little square, next to the Lichtenbergstraße in Darmstadt. I don’t know if it was purposely designed to invite others to add their thoughts or if sprayers just gravitate naturally to it. The slogans are mainly political (if crude) and their topicality suggest that the wall is at least occasionally scrubbed. I have no idea where the stag beetle comes in.

Photographing Public Art Challenge #34

2 thoughts on “A Few Wise Words

  1. It’s like an empty chalkboard in a child’s room. They get to put whatever they want, then it’s erased until the next time they use it. Pretty shocking to see some of those words! I love the quote, though! Thanks for linking to PPAC, my friend. 🙂

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