Monday, January 14, 2008

Beauty Amid the Squalor


Images of flowers engraved into the plaster of a wall in an apartment building in Beijing—much nicer than graffiti.


I was on my way to take the elevator when I saw this on the wall nearby. I don’t recall ever seeing anything like this in the West.


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