Your images of Berkeley create a very psychologically poignant picture of shattered dreams, duality, alienation, and eroded communication. These images become even more emotionally charged when reflected against the presence of one of the nation's foremost universities.
An amazingly substantive study of texture, Tim. Each rusted nail once held a message. Every one of those attempts to communicate has merged into a symbolic map of failed ideas. Nailing a message to a tree or door is a tradition that goes deep into history. And this is the history of People's Park -- a meeting ground of ideas, now mostly forgotten.