Description:
What We Look Through is a three-mural series created by visual artists in collaboration with the Creative Humanity Alliance.
The provision exists as a single, shared offering within the Alliance Pantry. It is designed to be instantiated in the world through mural installations—each embedded in a specific place, created by a specific artist or team, and experienced by a specific community.
Each installation consists of three connected murals that explore how people see, interpret, and make sense of the world around them. Rather than delivering messages or directives, the murals function as shared points of orientation—artwork designed to be encountered, returned to, and reflected upon over time.
The series is grounded in the ideas explored in The Lens That Changes Everything and translated into visual form for public and semi-public spaces.
Connection & Use
This provision supports connection through shared seeing.
People encounter What We Look Through:
Individually, in passing
Repeatedly, over time
Together, in conversation
Because the murals do not advertise, persuade, or instruct, they create space rather than closure. Viewers are free to notice what they notice, bring their own experiences, and speak with others about what they see.
In this way, each installation becomes:
A conversation anchor
A place of pause
A visual reference point for shared reflection
The provision functions without facilitation. Meaning emerges through encounter.
How It Strengthens Connection
Connection often breaks down not because people disagree, but because they are looking through different assumptions without realizing it.
What We Look Through strengthens connection by:
Making ways of seeing visible
Restoring context without assigning blame
Offering coherence without prescribing belief
Allowing insight to unfold without pressure
The three-mural structure supports this process over time. People may encounter one mural first, another later, and only gradually sense the whole. The result is reflection without urgency and dialogue without debate.
Who It’s For
This provision is for:
Communities seeking meaningful, non-partisan public art
Schools, municipalities, and institutions that value reflection over messaging
Artists who want their work to live beyond display
People who sense that how we see shapes how we relate
It is especially well-suited for environments where neutrality, durability, and openness matter.
How to Use It
What We Look Through lives in the world through its installations.
An installation may be:
Integrated into a single site, forming a natural gathering space
Distributed across multiple locations, creating a visual journey
Encountered informally or referenced in conversation and education
Each mural includes a subtle digital bridge (QR code or short URL) that allows viewers to explore further context if they choose.
While some artists or communities may choose to host conversations or educational moments around an installation, no facilitation is required for the provision to function.
A Living Invitation to Artists Who Paint
This provision remains open.
What We Look Through is an invitation to painters who feel drawn to creating work that:
Holds meaning without insisting on it
Lives in real places, not just on labels
Serves people they may never meet
Continues working after the paint has dried
Artists who participate do not adopt a required style, message, or identity. They bring their own visual language into a shared structure designed for clarity, coherence, and care.
If you paint walls—and you feel the pull to create something others can return to—this provision is here for you.
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