The Wall

With tribute to Roger Waters & David Gilmour:

Hey you, standing in the road
always doing what you're told,
Can you help me?
Hey you, out there beyond the wall,
Breaking bottles in the hall,
Can you help me?
Hey you, don't tell me there's no hope at all
Together we stand, divided we fall.

The artwork Brian painted on the door reminds me of the the screaming face from The Wall's album artwork. I don't think it was intentional 'cause I never mentioned Pink Floyd during the painting session. Weird.

Anyway, it's complete and I think very cool (or as David's 12 year old daughter said "beast"). I hope the rest of the city thinks so too.

Alive with the Sound of People

Brian and David came up with a great idea on Friday - "Paint the Storefront".

So yesterday, Brian is on the street soliciting folks to stop and decorate the plywood that is the temporary barrier of the building. And folks did. Kids would paint and then giggle with glee; spraying paint all over themselves and parent. A father stopped by to see what we were doing and then asked if he could go home and get his family. Four teenagers spent 2 hours painting flowers, characters, slogans, lyrical lines and "The Hendrix Company" slogan. Even Otis, a white poodle mix got in the action. Brian painted a picture of Otis on the temporary door and Otis signed his approval with his paw prints. In RED! The paint is water soluble but poor red footed Otis. What fun.

David is coming back today to bring his daughter. He'll put up scaffolding and paint the top portion that couldn't be reached from ground level. I'm suspecting a different kind of art today. Yesterday's was "real" because of the fun it gave to people. I suspect today's will be more "professional". I'm sitting here on Sunday morning and can't wait to see what they come up with.

This really is brightening Downtown. I hope others agree.