What do you want to do before you
die? The age old question always lingers, for most of us, unanswered. It seems
like a simple question, but is it really?
Candy Chang used the question as a way
to help her fellow citizens express themselves and spruce up the neighborhood.
Chang transformed a rundown, graffiti-covered, abandoned house into a
chalkboard diary with the phrase “Before I die I want to ______”, providing
chalk and leaving the blank to the community members to share their hopes dreams.
Running the gamut of funny to heart wrenching, the Wall provided the community
a way to connect with each other without ever knowing each other. Hopes and
dreams were poured out onto the Wall covering it in days. The Wall did more
than just bring a community together; it was a vessel for self exploration,
making us all rethink the question: What do you want to do before you die?
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