‘Cover Stories’ Archives
“Together We Grow” Mural enhances Bloom-Lake
Alley Collaborated News “Together We Grow” is a vibrant view and a soulful experience made of ceramic and glass mosaic enhanced with painted interludes on an oft graffiti-“marked” but nondescript stucco wall at Bloomington Avenue and Lake Street”'s northwest corner. In any language”““Together We Grow” (Eng.), “Ensemble Nous Grandissons” (Fr.), “Wir Gemeinsam Wachsen” (Ger.), “Sammen Vi Vokser” (Nor.); “Wadajir Baan Ku Kornaa” (So.), “Juntos Crecemos” (Sp.)”“it encompasses the creative energy of 300 people making their “mark” ”“each knowing “your footprints are the path and nothing else,” and creating a new reality for the most neighborhood in the state while clearly stating to all others the that dynamic power of art emboldens the steps of individuals and to unifies the steps of a community. It is a highlight of the four year-old [...]
Traveler, there is no path
By Antonio Machado (26 July 1875 ”“ 22 February 1939) Everything goes and everything stays but our fate is to pass to pass making a path as we go, paths over the sea, I never pursued glory, or to leave on the memory of the men,this my song: I love the subtle worlds, weightless and gentle like soap bubbles. I like to see them paint themselves on sun and crimson, fly under a blue sky shudder suddenly, and break... I never pursued glory. Traveler , your footprints are the path, and nothing else. Traveler, there is no path. A path is made by walking. A path is made by walking, and in looking back one sees the trodden road that never will be set foot on again. Traveler, there is no path, but wakes on the sea... Some time ago on that place where today the woods dress in brambles the voice of a poet was heard shouting ¨Traveler, there is no path. A path is made by walking”. Blow by blow, verse by verse... The poet died far from [...]
