While in Philadelphia on Keep Drifting Fun, I went and explored West Philadelphia with Andy, Jacob Chills, and Linhbergh. I brought along my Canon 7D to do some ARTPANTS‘ing, but ended up shooting some video as well. When I downloaded the clips, I really liked their feel. Dark skies, off and on rain, really nice lighting to show off the Love Letter murals; so I cut them together with a new Roots track. The Roots – “Dear God 2.o” works well because it feature the Monsters of Folk who I am hooked on and the Roots who are Philly born musicians. It was important to me that the music add to the message of the art and not just be something to cut with or be a background to the image. The track adds another layer of meaning to the overall composition.
I was stunned when I did a quick search of YouTube and found little to no coverage or video of the Love Letter murals. They are significant and important pieces of art. They help to define and inspire a community with a rich heritage of hand illustrated graphical art. Hopefully, this edit will expose more people to Stephen Power’s murals – Love Letter For You. Enjoy!
On YouTube too
Happy birthday and Happy Father’s day Dad. This is for you.
by Will
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