Before I Die

On the way to a Photographers Meet-up last night for the book ‘This is East Van 2’ I’m thrilled to have a photo in (a self-portrait too…yahoo) I stopped by this art piece that I’d heard was up called “Before I Die”.  The above is a panoramic of the piece (its really quite big).

It was filled with dreams, plans, things people want to manifest while they are here on the planet.  It felt like most of the answers were straight from the heart and it was really incredible to see.  Below the board was chalk to add your own dream/plan to the list.

The Before I Die Project originated on the side of a house in New Orleans by the artist Candy Chang.  I had read about it when it was up in New Orleans and now it seems like you can get a kit to create one in your own city.  Amazing, isn’t it!

For those of you in Vancouver who would like to go see it, this is located at Georgia and Main in an alley (just around the corner from that intersection).  Definitely worth checking out!

For those of you elsewhere, have you seen one in your town/city yet?

And if you feel like sharing…what is one thing you’d at to this list if it was in front of you right now?

Here are a few close ups of some of the things people wrote: