I left my mark on this town

I'm making a short documentary on a mural project sponsored by Amnesty International and got to paint one of the puzzle pieces. It was cool how a theme of love and peace evolved between the 40 or so participants, without any prompting. Most of the pieces were painted by pre-teens from various youth organization and several were painted by passerbys and the organizers of the project. Mine, lower left, says "Imagine." I wanted to do the doodle of John Lennon (by John Lennon) but forgot to look it up before I went. I painted it on a jean jacket when I was in high school!


Here's the finished mural, decorating the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. It's where all the shelters and housing for the (previously) homeless are so there are a lot of people on the street all the time down there. We got many enthusiastic comments over the course of the week of painting. "We're all connected," "Life is like a puzzle, except you never get all the pieces," and "Why are you guys making it look like it was painted by pre-schoolers?" were some of the more memorable.