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Seeking the Soul of L.A. on Its Streets - Paintings and Stories by J. Michael Walker
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Over 100 streets in Los Angeles - California's “City of Angels” - are named for saints.
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For eight years, artist J. Michael Walker walked, researched and portrayed each one; connecting LA's history with the lives of its saints.
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The result reveals the city's “Sacred Heart”: a poetic meditation on the rich and complex history of Southern California.
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“Walker sees angels everywhere, the divine in the ordinary, saints in survivors.”
author of The House on Mango
Street and Caramelo
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"...a Sam Spade of saints, tracking down the histories of the city’s saintly drives ... unearthing contemporary symbolism."
March 9, 2008
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This website, all images and all text Copyright 2008 by J Michael Walker. All rights reserved.
Updated 29 April 2008.
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