September 3, 2004
Welcome:Bienvenidos
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exhibit is an "art spark" generated by a community of artists
living around the world. Every week, we meet at this virtual studio/gallery
to share work and the most important thing on our minds.
Artists are invited to join Virtual:Comunidad.
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Tim Folzenlogen
Washington Heights, New York City
yes
I’ve been thinking of protestors.
I’ve been thinking of artists, as protestors.
Art and artists have a long history of protest.
My feeling is, so what?
Anyone can protest. Anybody can complain. I see it as being rather immature.
Tell me what YOUR solution is.
Tell me how you, are solving what problem in society; or even one in your own life or neighborhood.
Or if not, if you are too busy – tell me who you say yes to, like protestors say no to whoever, about whatever.
When you run across someone who is doing something good, something positive, do you shout YES, like you so easily shout NO?
I think that my art, my thought, my every word and conversation is positive.
You don’t think so?
You never told me that.
PP
New York City
Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish
No more machine guns on the corners of midtown where I work, demonic pep rallies on TV that I can't turn off, or hovering helicopters. I'm heading to the ocean to stay with Mario and Janet. I'll bring low-salt olives, figs, and strawberries. Ah. Love to see that green water in motion.
Anthony Gonzalez
Washington Heights, New York City
Chew Toy
As I become more fluent in Photoshop I find vast new horizons open before me - I can spontaneously distort an already twisted drawing in unlimited ways at the click of a mouse.
Many years ago at the opening of a one man show I had, my mother took me aside and asked me if I was happy. She was troubled by the subject matter of her son's work that she was seeing, really seeing, for the first time. I reassured her. Whatever degree of emotional health I posses is owed in large part to the experience of drawing uncritically whatever comes out of my pen - without judgment.
Tatiana Ivanovna
New York City
Almost doesn't count
if the journey is torture
the result is not satisfying
Renee Watabe
Verona, New Jersey
Regarding the River of Gold
It's okay to be afraid.
It's okay not to know the answer.
That is the beginning of your surrender to the divinity within.
(from Reflections of the Christ Mind, by Paul Ferrini)
Peter Ferko
Washington Heights, New York City
homage to Dia: Beacon
The most important thing on my mind is how to help rid my nation of the 43rd President. I've decided to try to help keep things in perspective when people get distracted by the media's natural inclination toward flavor-of-the-day reports. Here's a sample. When I hear someone say Kerry is so [fill in blank with negative quality], I'm going to remind them of this resume of endless service:
John Kerry's father was a diplomat, so he traveled internationally and learned about world citizenship from the time he was a child.
He volunteered to serve in Vietnam and to serve on a Swift Boat which earned him a Silver Star, a Bronze Star with Combat V, and three Purple Hearts.
Having seen the war first hand, at the age of 27, he spoke his opposition before the Senate as a spokesman for Vietnam Vets Against War.
Kerry later went to work as a prosecutor in Massachusetts. He took on organized crime. He fought for victims' rights and created programs for rape counseling.
Next, as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, he organized the nation's Governors to combat the acid rain that was polluting lakes, rivers, and the nation's water supply.
Then he was elected to the United States Senate four times.
There, he helped provide health insurance for low-income
children. He fought to improve public education. He is one of the leading
environmentalists in the Senate.
He has served 19 years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He launched
the investigation on the Iran-Contra-drugs scandal. He was chairman of
the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs. As the ranking Democrat
on the East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee, he is a leading expert
on that region, including North Korea.
Years before September 11th, John Kerry wrote The New War, an in-depth study of America's national security in the 21st Century. He worked on a bipartisan basis to craft the American response to September 11th and has been a leading voice on American policy in Iraq and Afghanistan, the war on terrorism, the Middle East peace process and Israel's security.
source (on 9/7/04): abridged from bio at www.JohnKerry.com
For comparison, look at www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html
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