Memorials and Emotions

The memorial that had the most impact on me was easily the Sculpture of Love and Anguish at the Miami Holocaust Memorial. Despite the fact that it isn't being seen in person, it has a powerful effect within the view of it. The memorial is of a hand splayed out and reaching from out of the ground, made of figures of human beings who seem to be seeking a way out. The health and being of the figures themselves strung a lot at my emotions. The humans seem to be extremely skinny, starved almost, and some are young children! There is a huge age range here, making you feel... 'woah' in all different ways. I think that this memorial is symbolizing the fact that the Jewish people were all part of each other through the horrific event of the Holocaust. The memorial also has the numbers carved into it, showing how that specific hand is a Jewish person's hand. In all, it exaggerates the connection between the people, putting aside the pain infliction and hurt, physical and mental.