Needles Into Nerves

They hurled lights in his eyes to see if he could see…

Fernsehturm Berlin, Panoramastraße, 10178 Berlin, Germany

…rammed needles into nerves to hear if he could feel.

From Joseph Heller’s Catch 22 (1961)

Kreuzberg

Passing stranger!

Victor Ash’s Astronaut, Mariannenstraße, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

you do not know how longingly I look upon you,

Adalbertstraße, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

You must be he I was seeking, or she I was seeking, (it comes to me, as of a dream,)

Skalitzer Straße, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

I have somewhere surely lived a life of joy with you…

Skalitzer Straße, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

From Walt Whitman’s To a Stranger (1860)

Traveling in a Straight Line

One discovers how far one can go…

Archway Tower, Archway, Islington, N19

…only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.

From Norman Mailer’s The Presidential Papers (1963)