Site: Dizengoff Square. Tel Aviv, Israel
Time: Friday, February 22, 2008 from about 1:00 pm- 3:00 pm
Contributors (while I have some names listed, I am missing quite a few. I am almost certain I mis-spelled names as well. If you contributed and do not see your name or you have a correction to make, please
אור ולך, אלירז אורטס, תמר מרכס, נורית עמיר, ירון פרז, Ronny Hayman, צחי חכמון, Amior Badash, Liran , Sivan, Mira, Dalit, Amnon Bar-cochva, Noaam Blum, Amit Gross, Ruth Roveh, Ariel Zipkin, Amanda Hasten, Gene Dolgin, דויד ש , Adam Samuels
Welcome to Israel, We Paint!
Today was a great testimony to how I hope We Paint will be received as I begin to develop the project outside of the United States. It was a beautiful and lively day in the center of Tel Aviv and many passersby were willing to become artists, spending 90 seconds of their day contributing to the canvas. A group of young children were quite taken by the chance to paint and wanted to take out more time from their days than 90 seconds, so we had to start a mini painting for them. Each individual has a different approach to the canvas and I enjoy the beginning when the canvas is empty enough to make a completely original mark. I especially love to see when people can see a "full" canvas as a work in progress, and throw away their inhibitions enough to participate even when it looks like there is no space for his or her work. Everyone's work is important. This element of the project is symbolic of something that is essential to the quality of our lives as a whole: active participation. May we all participate actively and thoughtfully in the moments of our lives.
Thank you to those participants who made We Paint Dizengoff a great success!
Shabbat Shalom!
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