Tacoma Murals

WE CAN ONLY IMAGINEÖ AS TIME PASSEDÖ. THE SEAS SWELLEDÖTHE MOUNTAINS GREW AND ERUPTEDÖ Ö.Flowers grow anywhereÖ. WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKEÖ BUT IN THIS BRUSH OF TIMEÖ Öand if I have a gallon of violet THIS CREATION SOUNDS LIKE THE STROKE OF GENIUS ÖI could paint for ten years and never run out of itÖit takes so littleÖitís so effective ÖyeahÖ GENIUS nobody can be rich or poor WISDOM You canít wear two suits of clothes, or eat two meals HUMOR You can tell royalty because theyíre kind of mean and that donít want to work. OUR QUEST TO FIND WHAT'S BEHIND THESE SPONTANIOUS COMPOSITIONS. Umm, his first paintingís over there..itís on the grocery store. Those are not real stones. Pretty good at it, what he does WE WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE MAN, FROM THE MAN, WHOíS EMERGED AS THE TALK OF SIXTH AVENUE I panned for gold in Yellowstone and never found itÖ IN HIS ANSWER THERE'S A COMPLICATED TAPESTRY AS OTHER TALES EMERGE INSTEAD. And I had a friend try to push a grizzly bear out of the front seat of his car OLD TIMES SERENADE THE CREATION OF THE NOW. It was no use for him to complain about the paint because he still had his headÖa fellow musician RAIN AND CLOUDS OFTEN HIDE IT... OhÖthere it isÖthere it isÖ. SO WHY NOT RECREATE ITÖ Iím just a pipe that I kind of pull a string and start painting AND WHILE DOING IT THE ARTIST AND WHAT MAKES HIM BECOMES MORE A LITTLE MORE CLEAR They donít sue you for stealing from heaven FOR SOMEÖAXEL MOELLER..IS A GIFT FROM HEAVENÖ INSIDE THE OLD MILWAUKEE CAF… THEREíS NO LONGER THE UGLY VIEW OF GRAFFITTI.. I mean Iím looking at one right now across the street and itís beautiful I think for this kind of neighborhood theyíre just a genuine shot in the arm. TIME NEVER SEEMS TO STALL HERE. Iíll be 87 the 24th of July BUT YESTERDAYÖ.. I was out on the world at 14 IS THE TIME WHERE MUCH OF MOELLERíS MIND REMAINS. He has a story for everything ÖI got in some very bad automobile accidents Something happening and he goes ëoh, wow, I did that in 1950, I was a, you know, oil man I was a memory expert AND IN THIS WE HEAR like the square of 85 is 7225 AND SEE is 5625 THAT THE WALLS PROVIDE CLARITY A lot of times Iíll do quick work and I have to come back and look at my own work and Iím horrified I say Oh my God. CRITICAL OF HIS OWN WORK I have terrible vision THAT HE CAN BARELY SEE Itís 20 200. BUT ALL THIS TIME SPENT ALONG THIS SMALL STRETCH OF STREET, WEíRE STILL AT THE WHY Sheís a sweet lady BUT IN THE MOST GENUINE OF MOMENTS Itís nice to see you IT IS SO CLEAR Thatís what friends are forÖ I have never met a friendlier town in my life than Tacoma I just think itís something he really loves to do, I mean he enjoys doing something that people appreciate also PERHAPS AS MUCH AS HE LOVES HIS STORIES Yes he does and it would be well worth our while to listen to him attentively. I think thatís heís a genuine character that tells a great deal of wisdom with his stories about his life, and more and more of those people in our neighborhoods are fading A PERCIEVED PURPOSE BEYOND THE ART. We have so many people that will come buy see it stop pull over take pictures of it AND WHILE THE PICTURES STOP TIMEÖAXELÖLIKE THE DEFINITION OF HIS NAMEÖ Nature is perfect KEEPS THE WHEELS OF TURNING...THE SPORADIC MOVEMENT OF HIS MIND...TEMPERED...AND SOOTHED BY HIS ART.