Dave Eggers commissioned Ware to design the mural for the facade of San Francisco literacy project 826 Valencia.[13] The mural depicts "the parallel development of humans and their efforts at and motivations for communication, spoken and written."[14] The 3.9m x 6m mural was applied by artisans to Ware’s specifications.[13] Describing the work, Ware said "I didn’t want it to make anyone 'feel good', especially in that typically muralistic 'hands across the water' sort of way,"..."I especially wanted it to be something that people living in the neighbourhood could look at day after day and hopefully not tire of too quickly. I really hoped whomever might happen to come across it would find something that showed a respect for their intelligence, and didn’t force-feed them any 'message'." (wikipedia)
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