Many of you may be well aware that I have a love for street art.
I actively support the work of City of Philadelphia Mural Arts
Program and their passion to see the transformative power of
art throughout the city. It seems like it was forever ago that Mural Arts
Program announced the conception of Steve Powers’ Love Letters. I have followed this project
of fifty murals ever since, and I have been waiting
in anticipation to experience it first hand. A nasty bug at Christmas
and a overactive nerve in April delayed this experience, but this past trip
home finally allowed for me to see this display of fifty rooftop murals.
I am still trying to find the write words
to describe this project. What I must say is that anyone that is
in, near, around, going thru Philadelphia must take the time to experience Love Letters. Thirty minutes
will allow you to see almost all fifty murals via the elevated train, which is
the recommended way to view the collection.
Although, I have read the blogs and seen the pictures, I had no
idea what to expect. We even got off at the first platform thinking
that was how best see Powers’ work. But after standing there in confusion, we
found ourselves back on the train and soon mesmerized as mural after
mural flew past us, but not fast enough to miss capturing a picture here and
there. And like a child’s game of seek-n-find, we called out to each other,
‘Ooh! There’s one” or “Look at this one.”
Love Letters is beautiful, filled
with color and comes with an invitation to be part of a love letter between a boy
and a girl.
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