Visual Aids

{notes written to Anne Frank in languages from around the world at the Zentrum in Berlin}
So far I've been to four countries with four different languages. My French skills flourished. I put my minimal German vocabulary to use in Berlin from the my sister's Austrian experience (danke Carolyn!). I was elated to engage with the chipper English-speakers in England. And Spanish, well, Spanish has been my biggest symptom of culture shock thus far.


{impage-lover Oscar Muñoz's  photo with quote at his exhibition at the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris}
The initial shock made me recognize the universal language we all speak: visual communication. Via art, images and photos, we are all capable of interpreting messages images evoke. Though we have unique interpretations, the world around us is foreign to no one.

Most of yesterday, I focused on words. Today, I turn to images to share more of my experience with some photos I haven't yet shared. If a picture's really worth a thousand words, here's 10,000. No caption necessary.



















I can't help but think of my thesis on how we communicate through social media visually as I write this. Language barriers have made me appreciate this means of communicating. Some photos were from Spain, some from France, but you get the picture.