Help restore the Watsonville Metro Mural by Yermo Aranda. Preserve an important local landmark for future generations.
Why is this important?
Reasons to restore the Watsonville Metro Mural originally designed and painted by "Yermo" Aranda, with the help of the community of Watsonville.
By Jaime Sanchez
This mural is historical and is part of a visual epic story of our culture presented in the unique language of the artistic vision of a great muralist. Yermo's murals are of the tradition of empowering the people and promoting balance between people and the natural world, including the land itself.
The mural is done with excellent storytelling, connecting the history of the land and people with the modern day use of the life-promoting resource of public transportation.
More than anything, this mural is about balance between people, animals, and the land. This mural is about safety and good times. It's about correctness.
Some murals are designed to be temporary and more of these are needed until a mural with a universal correctness concept can be permanently installed. Some murals are no longer relevant due to our progress towards justice and correctness.
Yermo's metro mural is not a temporary mural. It is one of a limited number of murals done by one of the first muralists in Watsonville.
There are too many blank walls in the Pajaro Valley to be painting over existing murals. Some murals are destined to be temporary and some come down with demolished buildings, but the metro mural is already there, communicating our ultimate goal: correctness. The concept is already there, designed and coordinated: original art and all.
Refurbishing this mural would produce the most constructive result. Restoring this mural would produce the most efficient, cost-effective, time-saving and aesthetically pleasing result possible.
