candy chung – street Inspired

Today I want to share something that truly embodies everything that Street Inspired stands for. Being Street Inspired and the reason I first came up with the name for my blog was all about those random finds that stopped me in the street, amazed at something I found.

I have always been very attentive when walking around, I have a habit of reading pretty much everything I see, seriously. I mean I read the instruction labels on my shampoo and conditioner, I read signs in the background on TV shows and I read anything I can see when walking down the street!

(some examples: Words of Wisdom from Anonymous, Wake up and Dream, Baby, One Life, Live It.

Over time I have found many things that have stopped me in my tracks and did what all art tries to do, make you think!

So this piece I want to share is inspiring because not only does it make people think, but it makes people share and feel for other people’s feelings, care about their goals and their lives.

Before I Die

Before I Die was a project created by Candy Chung. Chung created a chalkboard on the wall of an abandoned house in New Orleans post-Katrina, which left many houses empty and abandoned.

The Chalkboard read: “Before I die I want to________________”. Chung then left the chalkboard, equipped it with chalk and let the magic and collective art happen.

This beautiful art spread like wildfire, now being in many places around the world.

At the end of September, Toronto received it’s very own Before I Die wall at the corner of Queen and Dufferin.

Over the weekend, now about a month after it was put up, I went to visit the wall. As you can imagine by this time it has been scribbled on by many people. And there was the magic, the inspiration from the street! So many anonymous people and here is all of their dreams, hopes and wishes. How beautiful!

Enjoy the pictures and some of the dreams I have immortalized: