One person’s beauty may be another person’s kitsch

...In defense of beauty < < < < <

  "I wanted to be on the art project because I wanted to do something. I always liked drawing and when Louise came to school talking about it and looking for people to go, it sounded like something I could try out.
I came 2 nights a week to do the workshops because I had nothing else to do- it was good crack and I kept thinking about the sculpture I was doing and how I could fix it." -

-Aaron Finlay 

   "Working on the Luas Sculpture project was different from being in a club and anything else I’ve ever done before.
It meant a lot to me and to all of the other people involved in the project because we were doing something for our own neighbourhood.   I remember Helen and Christine- the women from the James's Street flats thanking us for getting involved in the project because no one had ever done anything like this for the area before." 

--Aisling Long

   "My animal was half mermaid, half horse with wings.  I love horses and I love mermaids so I designed my animal to look like a cross between the two creatures.   I feel really proud of the fact that it will be there forever and that my kids will be able to see it when they are growing up." 

--Edel Salinger