Floodwall

Jerry and I visited the Louisiana State Museum today. The museum highlights the unique culture of Louisiana. I learned a lot.... like what Creole means and what a courrir is. There's a special exhibit called the Floodwall: a wall of drawers that were in houses in New Orleans that flooded after Katrina. The pictures don't capture how moving it was to look at the wall and listen to the voices of some of those they belonged to narrating their experiences.

"I didn't decide to build a floodwall. The drawers came and they took me. It was a trap set by fate. Once again, I found myself in a place that I didn't have the courage to leave." ~~Jana Napoli - artist and creator of Floodwall~~