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The KCK Mural Project series continues! In this segment, Joe talks about one of his favorite collaborative murals. Up and Down, Round and Round is a bright, carnival-themed mural painted in the style of Japanese manga. Located at 947 Minnesota Avenue, this mural was created by a group of KCK high school students and inspired by a writing group for senior citizens from the Shepherd Center.
Over an intensive period of several weeks, the students met with the senior writing group and listened to stories they had written about their families and personal histories. They then worked with Joe Faus to process the ideas about family, birth, death, life and love that were present in those stories. The theme of life as a carnival soon emerged, inspired by the idea that while so much of what happens in life seems to be brought about by chance and fraught with risk, we still have the power of choice over our actions.
