This project started as a help wanted in the Seattle parks and rec schedule of classes and events. The mural project was a very large wall with a lonely MLK, Jr. painted by ( ). The currant mural was designed around the figure of MLK by the Artist known as STAIN. STAIN hung out at the community center to get a feel of the spirit of the place and with a list of heroes/heroines written by the youth and the staff was able to research an impressive assortment of inspiring people for the design. The background ties the figures together in a cohesive togetherness. The story is read from right to left when the unbroken sword points the way to the path of future achievement. interwoven throughout the work is the inspirational words of our heroes, speaking of truth and equality.
"Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth" Jean of Arc she looks towards the past but her sword points the way! "Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light." ~George Washington "Truth is powerful & it prevails" ~Sojourner Truth "The only tired I was was tired of giving in." "Each person must live their life as a model for others" ~Rosa Parks "We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal" ~Martin Luther King, Jr. "We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by truth." ~Lucretia Mott "Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done." ~Amelia Earhart "Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon." ~Elizabeth Stanton "Don't follow the path; go where there is no path and start a trail." ~Ruby Bridges "Once social change begins, It cannot be reversed." ~Cesar Chavez "Nothing lives in this world but truth." ~Gandhi "If not us, then who? If not now, then when? ~John Lewis Freedom Riders "Out of the hottest fire comes the strongest steel." ~Chinese proverb for men of steel Chinese railroad workers "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious, it is the source of all true art and all science." ~Albert Einstein "A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others." ~Salvador Dali "Waste is worse than loss. The scope of thrift is limitless." ~Thomas Edison "Perform well and segregation will disappear." ~Dr. Charles Drew "You have to give people something to dream on." ~Jimi Hendrix "There is a world of difference between truth & facts. Facts can obscure the truth." ~Mya Angelo "Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints." "All things are connected like the blood which unites one family." Chief Selth (Seattle) "knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery." ~Miles Davis "Great Peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility." ~Nelson Mandela "Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because its only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential." ~Barack Obama "When I was sick I saw more beauty and triumph and truth in a single day than i ever did in a bike race, but they were human moments, not miraculous ones." ~Lance Armstrong other notable people Japanese posting Notice signs of camps, civil right marchers "Equality Now" "We protest injustice" , the first woman mayor was in Seattle, Bertha Landes. Oprah Winfrey is in the rainbow behind the Man/Child statue in Sculpture Park. Actual Teens from the Center 1. 2. 3. 4. "I don't want your dollars I want Change" ♥ Everyday! ~STAINism Washington State Bird and following Landmarks; Lake City Coffee Sculpture, Chief Seattle, Space Needle, Downtown, Firefighters, Tubs, Beaver Pond, Troll Bridge...
The mural ends with a woman in a rainbow mohawk looking towards the future where we can always do even better!
136 Hours
artist http://www.facebook.com/STAINism
music http://soundcloud.com/art-vandal
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