“… The butterflies, I don’t know, it just seemed liked believe it or not there were butterflies all over the place after the tornado, and in our gardens and all around,” Beshore said. This included the “On Wings of Butterflies” tile mural in Mercy Park, the several butterfly statues that sit at varying businesses, and more. Children and adults alike came to see butterflies as a kind of symbol of hope following the tornado, and that symbol has lasted since. “But (Loewenstein’s) assurance that it would be for healing, and healing for the community, that was what we needed to hear.”įeatured in “The Butterfly Effect” were numerous butterflies, and the same showed up in other pieces of art that were installed in Joplin. “… We knew at that time that art was healing, but it’s one thing that you’d gone through a devastating tornado, with the number of people killed and one-third of your community torn up, and then think about doing a project like ours and how much time people could spend doing this,” Beshore said. “… We knew at that time that art was healing, but it’s one thing that you’d gone through a devastating tornado, with the number of people killed and one-third of your community torn up, and then think about doing a project like ours and how much time people could spend doing this …” SHARON BESHORE, JOPLIN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR It’s about how we as a community made things happen. … You talk about the tornado 10 years after it, it’s really about recovery. “The line being passed around is Joplin is not defined by a single event. “You can’t ignore (the tornado), it is a big piece,” Tuttle said. Going forward from the tornado, Patrick Tuttle, Joplin Convention & Visitors Bureau director, agreed that Joplin is not defined by the one event, but instead as a town they must focus on recovery and look forward-which the town has done over the past 10 years, and the murals represent that. “ We didn’t want to be recognized as a tornado town, and we still don’t-we don’t want to play off that at all. But the relevance of this at the time was very important and I think right now it reflects our history. …” Sharon Beshore, Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce cultural affairs committee CO-CHAIR “We didn’t want to be recognized as a tornado town, and we still don’t-we don’t want to play off that at all. But the relevance of this at the time was very important and I think right now it reflects our history. …” “Well, the meaning I think that it’s a piece of public art that was so relevant to the period of time for children and adults,” Beshore said.
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