mur — WALL

[MEW-r] (n. m.) Nobody compliments a wall. It's gotta be the most depressed feature of a building. People comment on the great the view out a window (a hole in the wall). Someone admires a piece of art or taxidermy boar head hung on a wall. They'll even appreciate the crown moulding at the top of a wall. But, the wall itself nets little notice. Now, paint a mural on a wall and the structure's got spunk. People might look at a wall with a tasteful mural and think, "I sure do wish there were more walls like that in my neighborhood; what a beauty!" And then the wall can stop taking anti-depressants. The mural—from the French word mur meaning wall—works like a French tickler to the sad, sad wall. Hey, everyone needs some love, even inert object.