They studied the masters, painters like Michelangelo and Diego Rivera, who made walls tell stories. They discussed the discipline of art restoration and the need to get inside the artist's head, to understand the meaning and purpose of the work. Then Talent Middle School art students carried paints, brushes and cleansers across the street and set to work on yards of indoor mural at the elementary school. They're bringing new life to a wonderland of faded scenery painted 20 years ago by elementary students. Swimmers now stroke across bright blue lakes.
Loggers move a glossy crawler up a mountain to snag a tree.
Freshened grass grows around a school and out to the football field. A scuba diver keeps ahead of circling sharks. Sledders revel in new snow. We have better colors and lines. They came along just in time.