I really enjoyed reading the story of Lily Yeh and James Maxton who worked in Philadelphia on "That Luminous Place." I loved how it showed multiple individual stories coming together to create great results not only once, but that led to many other projects and years of growth for this community. If it were not for Lily Yeh's courage of tackling the project this story of triumph would not exist-Maxton might not be sober. The ripples of this project are seen in the transformation of the kids and the doors of opportunity for them to express themselves creatively (one girl was on Nikelodean and went to Iceland because of The Village of Arts & Humanities.) I really enjoyed the quote in the end, "it's like broken pieces of mosaics...when we came together, something bigger than all of us happens...something that nurtures us all in a very deep way...something that I had been searching for..That's how it all happened...just a simple desire to build something on this abandoned lot.."
I love the metaphor of the project being linked back to the mosaic from the start. We are all broken pieces that have the ability to create beautiful pictures. Our stories, joined with others, create one large story. I also love that Yeh admits she took on the project for selfish reasons, not for philanthropic purposes, but it simply transformed into something larger than herself. I think this was my favorite story because Yeh did not take credit for the success, she humbly helped ignite the flame that lit this community back up.
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