"I think public art is very important as a way to capture peoples imaginations and encourage them to see public space as a forum for creative expression not just commercial advertising. I love the democracy of art in public, it is not intimidating in the way that galleries and museums can be. This specific mural is inspired by music graphics and music has always inspired me as a very democratic art form. Music can be about the pure pleasure of the listening experience just as art can be about the pleasure of the viewing experience. Both art forms have straight forward appeal but can also have deeper social and political content, however, music seems to have a much broader audience. I hope that public art works invite a broader audience the way that music does."
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