Location: Ashland and Greenleaf which is along the sidewalk outside of Eugene Field Elementary School
Date: June 2, 2011
Parish: The Porch (an emerging church conversation that just started in Rogers Park)
Inspiration: Isaiah 2:4
Other notes: when I considered the theme, I kept coming back to images of peace, reconciliation, and all things being put to right. I considered a beautiful hillside with a majestic tree overlooking fields of grains, but then I had two thoughts: it seemed a little too idyllic and passive; and I am not that strong of a chalk artist! Soon after, this passage from Isaiah sprung to mind. While I strongly believe Rogers Park gets a bad rap for being violent and crime-ridden (hard statistics don't bear this image out; our wonderfully diverse neighborhood is at worst very middle of the pack in the city), we have experienced a few violent and deadly crimes in the last few weeks.
Hopefully the message of this temporary piece of art will last in some random viewer's heart and mind long after the rains wash it away.
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