The less I sit and ponder about the meaning of life and what I'm doing and what to do in the future, the happier I am.
Before I die, I don't want to contemplate what I want to do before I die. Not to say I'm not achievement-oriented, because I am, I just associate "before I die" type statements with similar "what if?" personalities - although obviously "what if?" is a concrete statement while "before I die" still leaves room for change, which can inspire hope - although it most often won't inspire action.
I think the juxtaposition of hope and inspiration on an abandoned building exemplifies NOLA.
And before anyone pounces on me: I love New Orleans more than any other city in America, warts and all, which is something that makes this piece even better to me, if it causes action or not.
If anything, it's a good reminder that people you may have never met, people right in your neighborhood have hopes and goals and even a sense of humor. It's easy to forget that in a crowd, and this kind of puts it right in front of people in a shared space, as a shared piece of art.
I think it stands pretty well on that point alone.
Absolutely! I love anything that reminds me that all those people around me are people too.
Who knows, maybe the Internet could benefit from the occasional Before I Die... entry. It would make for an interesting social experiment to randomly display an entry from a fellow community member (or it could be negative depending on the amount of spam, but an experiment is an experiment!).
Before I die, I don't want to contemplate what I want to do before I die. Not to say I'm not achievement-oriented, because I am, I just associate "before I die" type statements with similar "what if?" personalities - although obviously "what if?" is a concrete statement while "before I die" still leaves room for change, which can inspire hope - although it most often won't inspire action.