Rachel Cookies no longer seems to need to be introduced to anyone. The war heroine, who faced six wrongful terrorists who infiltrated her home and held her and her husband hostage. Rachel, who meets hundreds of soldiers at the Shekeel of Tze'elim, where she routinely serves them coffee and cookies, faced the evil attack that infiltrated her private home in Ofakim. Rachel is the beautiful Israeli, a heroine who by virtue of the cruel circumstances we were privileged to know. A woman of people, who managed to conquer even those who came to kill her. She was willing to kill him with the simple tricks of a beautiful life.
Elinoy Kislov, Galit Mimran and Yael Levy are three girls who want to change through graffiti and within a few hours they created graffiti of Rachel in the heart of Florentin.
Rachel Wonderwoman, from the creative process, photo: courtesy of Grafitil
The illustration was created by Daniel Amit, an artist on the autistic spectrum, who immediately joined the project, after the three girls approached him. They took Amit's illustration and turned it into a graffiti work that seeks to highlight the heroic deeds of the civilians who reluctantly became the great heroes of the war.
Kislov, a graffiti artist for the past ten years, realized that graffiti art has a negative connotation. She sought to explain, tell and describe the essence of this art and the ability to convey messages through it. Against this background, she contacted Mimran and Levy, and together they make graffiti art and lead tours of the city of Tel Aviv, in a way that presents painting on architectural buildings, as a mouthpiece for conveying important messages. The tours gained momentum and today the three lead them in Jerusalem, Haifa and even Athens.
Rachel Wonderwoman, from the creative process, photo: courtesy of Grafitil
Kislov says that when the chaos began, a friend of theirs was at the death party in Reim. She says that, like everyone else, they were glued to the TV and experienced unbearable sights. The three artists were looking for a bright spot, and as soon as they were exposed to Rachel's story, they immediately understood what it meant to them - that the people, the civilians, are the soldiers, they are the heroes of this war. It was precisely from this simple, unassuming, loving, courageous place that a huge victory was recorded and lives were saved. Rachel showed everyone that the heroes are among us, and not only in the cabinet and military headquarters.
On one of the last days of the war, parts of a rocket fell in the place where the three artist girls pass every day. Everything turned into a nightmare there, Kislov recalls, and they wanted to give hope to the local residents. At that moment they realized that this was where they wanted to dedicate graffiti to Rachel, everyone's heroine of the hour.
They thought to quote what she said, and while searching the web, they came across an illustration created by Daniel Amit who illustrated Rachel as Wonderwoman. They asked him for permission to use the illustration and he was happy and immediately pitched in.
Within an hour, they were outside, next to the wall, near where the rocket fell, where they took his illustration and created the graffiti on its basis.
Kislov, Mimran and Levy seek to spread unconditional love and strengthen the people with their art and the tours they conduct.
Precisely now, when Hamas stops our daily routine and wants to see us imprisoned in their homes, they conduct graffiti tours, and these days conduct them free of charge for residents of the south and north, who want to get some air and find some escapism.
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