Week #2: Photo of the Week

I am writing this late at night, staring at this photo whilst encompassed by a heavy silence and eerie darkness, and I am imagining softly strung chords ringing throughout my room. The picture is so simple, yet it feels so crowded and uncomfortable. I imagine the chilling instrumental harmonizing with the desolation of the Holocaust memorial. I read an article that described the memorial as a current hub for a great game of hide and seek, a place to do things discreetly, and people have drunkenly peed and vandalized these 2,711 concrete blocks. This is a disappointing display of teenage arrogance, as their complete disregard for the weight fo the situation is disgusting to me. I see pictures of people running on the tops of these blocks, smiling and laughing during a game of tag, when this area was created to have an opposite effect on our emotions. This memorial was created to serve as a reminder for the millions of lives lost during the most despicable act in human history, and yet some people use this space to hook up with their crush. There is a degree of respect and class missing in our society today, and these tales of human disregard for the lives lost proves this. I imagine this man is only mourning the lived lost during the Holocaust, but I’d like to fantasize that he’s reflecting on the respect lost worldwide among our world’s youth.