Rene' Joseph worked the concept of a row of community designed flowers for the bottom part of the mural into the final drawing by keeping the colors restricted to variations of pink colors.

For safety reasons, the community only painted the bottom half of the wall while the artist and hired help painted the upper part of the wall that required ladders to reach.

"After getting the top part of the wall completed, the volunteers showed up, and I didn't get to paint anything after that."--Rene' Joseph

The painting of the mural reached into the lives of a wide group of people.  More then 60 volunteers put in over 200 hours.  They included children and adults of all ages, the homeless, professionals, disabled, and recovering addicts.  A lot of people in the neighborhood have low incomes and are single.  They expressed how nice it was to be able to do something interesting on a weekend holiday.

In an economically diverse urban setting, the neighborhood has many needs.  With the impersonal nearness of skyscrapers bordering the district, the mural brings spirit and a hopeful enchantment to an otherwise sterile and depressed area.

By helping to create a mural for a badly peeling and decaying wall, the neighborhood was involved in a self-help project.  An uplifting project sponsored by the community is a positive step in the inner city.  The gardeners and their neighbors gained real, tangible results by improving their environment.

To quote Joseph Campbell: Poetic symbols value lie not as facts, "but as an awakener of the soul; for in more modern terms, symbols are energy-releasing and energy directing signs."  

"In other words, imagination changes the landscape of the street through the metamorphic experience of the language of art."                                                

                                                              --Rene' Joseph