When Ike hit Galveston Island, parts of it were under over 5 feet of water. Many old growth trees were knocked down. A lot of people just chopped it down to a stump...
But, a group of residents decided this was not what they were going to do. One lady, who has spent a lifetime visiting and collecting in asia lost all her possessions on the ground floor of her home. She came up with the idea of getting artists to come in and create works of art from of stumps. Her first one was this sculpture of a geisha.
The people we met were so kind and helpful. One got in her car to point the Galveston Historical Foundation to us. We are not using names because we feel we need to obtain permission. She came out with an updated list of locations where things were. I am planning on visiting Galveston again and again to get it all documented.
PS: The homeowners who had just lost so much and would spend the next year repairing their homes paid for the works themselves. There are 35 locations currently listed.
PPS: We arrived in Galveston on March 11th, 2011, they day of the earthquake and tsunami hitting Japan.
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