ArtPrize visitors have added nearly 20,000 wishes and prayers to the Wall of Hope. With only two days left of the nineteen-day exhibition, my paper was completely gone. But that didn’t dissuade ArtPrize visitors.
When I left my gallery room on Friday evening, I knew my paper supply would be gone by morning. But when I arrived on Saturday morning, what I found astounded me. Several of my business cards were hanging on the wall. I stepped closer to look. A wish or a prayer was written on each card.
Determined visitors had found a way to add their wishes and prayers. Employing their own creativity, the visitors had poked holes through my cards with ornament hooks. Fifty of my business cards now hung on the Wall of Hope.
Thomas, an Amway Grand Plaza Hotel bellman, gave me a paper punch and additional pens. I spent the morning punching holes in the rest of my business cards. Without skipping a beat, visitors continued to hang the new cards.
Wing and a Prayer had taken a new flight path of its own. By combining a Wall of Hope with nearly 20,000 wishes and prayers and almost four thousand paper birds that swoop 32-feet across the ceiling, I thought I had created imagery that portrayed an overwhelming force of hope. But—spontaneously—ArtPrize visitors created an even greater message of hope.
