Monday, 23 March 2026

Monday Murals -- Round Dance of Hope

I'm taking part today in 
Monday Murals hosted by Sami.


This mural depicting an indigenous round dance contains
images of the sacred medicine wheel and an eagle feather.
Drummers provide the rhythmic heartbeat for the dance of life.

This mural is located on a building in Edmonton's inner city
which is an area populated by our urban poor and homeless.

It was painted by local artist Kris Friesen. The mural honours
Hope Hunter, the founder of Boyle Street Community Services,
an Edmonton agency providing programs and services
to those who are marginalized.

[Photo © Debra She Who Seeks 2012]

30 comments:

Tom said...

...Debra, you are finding wonderful murals, keep them coming.

Boud said...

Around here we're short on murals. Mainly because we're short on big walls to paint on. This one's exciting, and thank you for the explainer.

Mistress Maddie said...

The murals are wonderful! Its great to see them. Both Philly and Harrisburg, murals abound...and many are also located in the poorer sections of cities. Which I feel gives some hope.

Val Ewing said...

Beautiful and meaningful mural. The town nearby has several murals on buildings which depict rural scenes.

Bob said...

Love this one because it makes a statement.

Sixpence Notthewiser said...

Awesome!
I’m forever amazed by the artistry of what seems to be so ephemeral.
Awesome theme, also.

XOXO

Mae Travels said...

That is a wonderful mural!

Lady M said...

What a lovely mural - I can almost hear the rhythm.

whkattk said...

Murals here disappear fast for some reason.

Duni said...

Beautiful mural and wonderful message!

Travel said...

The world needs more murals

Bertiebo said...

A beautiful mural and also meaningful!

Rade said...

That is incredible!

Sami said...

A beautiful mural and it's wonderful that they are honouring someone who has helped the underprivileged community. Thanks for participating in Monday Murals Debra.

The Happy Whisk said...

At first I thought he was holding a spatula.

RedPat said...

It's a good one that the people in the area can relate to, Debra.

Busy Bee Suz said...

That is a lovely, meaningful mural.

e said...

That is a beautiful mural with an uplifting feeling and message. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Yorkshire Pudding said...

That's a great mural - celebrating both community action and indigenous heritage.

DVArtist said...

Wow! This is gorgeous.

Bill said...

A mural with a message, love it.

Hena Tayeb said...

It's wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

Guillaume said...

Cool mural.

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

Beautiful mural, dear Debra! Thank you so much for sharing!

My name is Erika. said...

If only the world could have such happy people in it like you see in this mural. It's a great mural.

Danielle said...

I love murals.

DB Stewart said...

I say more murals in the world, and round dances too.

angela said...

Our city is famous for its alleys filled with murals and artistic “graffiti “
It’s really too lovely and intricate to be graffiti. You can do a walking tour of Melbourne visiting all the alleys and seeing it all.
I don’t mind artistic graffiti. It’s the rude sayings or that so and so was here, type of graffiti. That is just there to aggravate everyone.

baili said...

Thank you for sharing such meaningful and beautiful mural dear Debra

It’s definition is heart touching 🥹

Mitchell Block said...

I think I would be hard-pressed to find as many murals in town as you do.