An artist has transformed a courtyard wall in Crotone into an enchanted garden to help an autistic girl settle into her new home.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himIt is well known that art can be therapeutic and taking advantage of this quality, the visual artist Lucy Mey has decided to depict a enchanted garden near the new home of an autistic girl, to help her feel comfortable in that environment.
Il mural it is found at Crotone, where the 17-year-old Alba, autistic and visually impaired, lives, and was created to bring a little magic around her home, among the gray and sad buildings of the city outskirts. The idea, as Glamor tells us, came from her mother, Maria, passionate about art and convinced that color can transform things, and also the way of observing the world.
For this he filled the rooms of the house with brushstrokes, too bad that from the balcony you could see only greyness. But here's a brilliant idea: to paint the courtyard wall transforming it into an enchanted garden, in order to help her daughter enjoy the surrounding landscape, and to be encouraged by it. Maria was in fact convinced that Alba's dreams and hopes would draw nourishment from that breathtaking panorama, and her frailties would somehow be neutralized.
To grant the wish, Maria contacted Lucy Mey, a young Calabrian artist, asking her to decorate the wall guided by her stories and by the emotions conveyed by that special encounter. Within a month the mural was ready.
On the artist's Instagram profile you can see it complete, divided into three parts, the central path, on the right the beneficial nature populated by butterflies and ladybugs, on the left a boat ready to leave for new adventures. It goes without saying that Alba absolutely loved it!
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Lucy Mey founded together with other artists the cultural association Camera 237, which aims to raise awareness of man on various issues through art. And she plans to continue to do murals, her great passion for her. Congratulations to all the protagonists of this beautiful story, a sensitive artist, a courageous mother, a daughter with a wonderfully different outlook on the world.
The extraordinary power of art unites, caresses the soul and, under the fragile armor, makes us discover the beauty of humanity. The simplicity of a gesture that instills hope. An article was enough to confirm this: a river of sharing, proposals for other solidarity artistic activities, appreciation even from the Undersecretary for Culture. Yes, humanity makes news, beyond all barriers. Beyond any prejudice. "I got lost in that image, in that mural, and I wanted to make it truly come alive, thinking about what the artist really wants to stimulate. I worked with my heart and gave life to this animated image that I ask you to listen to only ... "is the message, accompanied by this cathartic video, sent to me by an entrepreneur from Crotone, after reading my article. An irrepressible emotion that I dedicate to my work, to the sensitivity of Lucre Zia Mey, to the strength of my mother Maria but above all to the great little Alba! Here, the link of the article, in case you missed it: https://www.glamour.com/news/trends-news/2019/11/18/crotone-murale-artistico-diventato-terapia- emotional /
Posted by Gabriella Cantafio on Tuesday, November 19, 2019
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Photo Credit: Lucy Mey
