This mural was installed by the artist group Department of Public Words in 2015 to beautify an otherwise unremarkable section of the Monon Trail south of Broad Ripple (SoBro).  Megan Jefferson, a painter, DPWords collaborator, and SoBro resident, asked for input from neighbors as to which words best describe the SoBro area. Accordingly, each panel of the mural bears one of the words Harmony, Beauty, Love, Vibrant, Diversity, Peace, and Respect and the words are gathered together at the mural’s northernmost end.  The brightly colored panels form the backdrop to elaborately detailed white mandalas, which were created by fellow artist and frequent collaborator Jamie Locke.

“I am proud to live here, and I am happy to beautify it,” says Jefferson. “Everything about SoBro and this mural makes me happy.” (quoted in http://www.townepost.com/indiana/broad-ripple/beautification-along-the-monon-trail-continues-with-the-department-of-public-words/)