{"id":3538,"date":"2019-04-18T22:13:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/?p=3538"},"modified":"2025-05-09T22:15:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T22:15:22","slug":"sometimes-it-snows-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/2019\/04\/18\/sometimes-it-snows-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes it snows in April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cSometimes it snows in April <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes I wish that life was never ending<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But all good things, they say, never last<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All good things they say, never last<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And love, it isn’t love until it’s past\u201d \u2013 \u00adPrince, \u201cSometimes it Snows in April\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, sometimes it snows in April and sometimes coincidence isn\u2019t coincidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe it was coincidence that the now iconic Prince song, \u201cSometimes it Snows in April\u201d \u2013 a song about longing to be reunited in death with a loved one \u2013 was recorded on April 21. Maybe it was coincidence that on that same date in 2016 the author himself, Prince Rogers Nelson, transitioned from his earthly being to the hereafter. And maybe it was coincidence that artist Esther Osayande stumbled onto an impromptu celebration of life for Prince near First Avenue \u2013 the club made famous by Prince \u2013 when she left a workshop after being named an artist as a part of the 26th Avenue North\/Assemble art project \u2026 maybe coincidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The artists, Osayande, along with Christopheraaron Deanes and Christopher Harrison were tasked with creating any type art at any point along the selected bike rout extending from Theodore Wirth Park to the Mississippi River. Coincidentally, all of the artist chose sculpture art, but it was Osayande who was hit with a spirit to honor Prince.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter I left the workshop, standing on the corner of Hennepin (Avenue) and 7th<\/sup> (Street in downtown Minneapolis) all of a sudden all these people were singing \u201cPurple Rain.\u201d The music was coming from around the corner at First Ave. and all these people were there celebrating Prince. At that moment all I could see was a purple raindrop,\u201d said Osayande. \u201cThere were all these parties and pop-up celebrations honoring Prince, but he needed something more permanent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That something more permanent is a 15-foot-tall sculpture, \u201cPurple Raindrop,\u201d at the Lyndale and 26th<\/sup> Avenues entrance at Farview Park in North Minneapolis. Conceived shortly after Prince\u2019s passing, \u201cPurple Raindrop\u201d was installed this past December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was snow on the ground when the tribute was installed, and as Prince prophetically understood, there was snow on the ground and in the air this April \u2026 as it was this past April \u2026 as it most likely will be for many Aprils to come. And while the snow won\u2019t last, Osayande\u2019s tribute to Prince shall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe sculpture isn\u2019t mine, it\u2019s the city\u2019s; it belongs to the people,\u201d said Osayande, who overseeing the art activities during the upcoming Juneteenth celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPurple Raindrop\u201d was conceived and designed by Osayande and was welded by welder, Denise Bailey with the assistance of Heather Doyle and was constructed at Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center. In a bit more of \u201ccoincidence\u201d the color chosen to adorn the sculpture is called \u201cPurple Reign.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So yes, sometimes it snows is April. And so too does the sun shine bright.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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