Image sourced from the Public Domain Image Archive / The Cleveland Museum of Art
Title: Notre-Dame de Paris. Artist Luc-Olivier Merson (ca. 1881)
I can’t remember if I ever wrote about getting involved in my neighborhood association. As part of that I attend additional meetings that are an association of neighborhood associations. (Seriously!) During one meeting earlier in the year, someone mentioned their neighborhood street mural.
Street mural?
I immediately investigated to learn more — I talked to our neighborhood coordinator to get resources about how to work with the city on such a project. I talked to a couple of close-by neighborhoods about their street murals. I did a class with an organization that helps with street murals. There’s a lot of support for it.
But also a lot of moving parts. When I did the class, the instructor answered about 50 questions I didn’t know to ask.
It’s a lot more complicated than coming up with a design and getting a permit. It was funny how many people wanted to talk about the design before I even knew any of the rules or processes.
In the end, I balked. It would be a lot of work and I’m sure I could find a bunch of volunteers to help. But the thing about volunteers is that everyone is helpful as long as it’s convenient for them. I’m not in a position to fill in if people flake. And I don’t have the extra time or energy to deal with extra problem solving right now.
It’s on my long list for neighborhood association projects and a possibility after retirement.
