I remember I was working in the place called the Olline Hospital, which is a hospital

for children with brain damage and spinal cord injuries, largely for more trauma in Jerusalem,

both Israeli and Palestinian.

And it's actually one of the only hospitals that brings children in from Gaza.

And it was so intense, you know, because these parents all they want is their children

to heal, you know, Palestinian or Israeli.

And I remember looking at this one who was a religious Jewish man who was, he was

her 80 and his daughter wasn't able to move her body very much and she was going under

years of physical therapy.

And, um, and he came up to me with tears and as I said, you know, my daughter has moved

her arms more in the last hour than in the last six months combined because of the art.

Today's guest, Max Levi Friedard, took the, you know, pretty traditional approach to

art.

He went to school, went to Rizdiachi grade, art school, got his degree and something happened

along the way.

He decided that he wanted to actually travel the world and focus on some of the most

war torn, the most devastated areas in the world and especially creating public collaborative

works of art with kids who are going through incredible trauma.

He's been on the ground all over Israel, Palestine, Turkey, Jordan, Mexico, Cuba, Colombia,

Costa Rica, Syria, all different places and doing these incredible public works of art

very often, these giant minerals where he doesn't drop down and sort of outline it, but

he really turns it into this co-creative experience that makes a real big difference.

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