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The mural depicts the underground streams of water in the Casper Aquifer, which provides about 50 percent of Laramie’s drinking water. The streams converge underground and then emerge at City Springs before flowing into Spring Creek.
Taylor and artists from Laramie High School consulted with geologic maps so they could represent its layers of shale, limestone, sandstone and bedrock.
He described the movement of the water as a metaphor for a personal journey from darkness to light, showing how environmental justice and social justice go hand in hand.
“We find our way through the barriers in the darkness, and we hit something that shoots us up into the light,” he said.
Laramie Boomerang article July 17 2020
