I am an indigent artist living in Boulder.
Boulder gets Billions but not one penny goes to local Artist,
another DAY of non profit work in Boulder Colorado, USA.
They just ignore Me and My Art here in Boulder Colorado.
People here just do not care,
They express this with Poverty for Artists.
Americans must really hate Artists,
everyday the Artist Quarintine continues,
Starving artists with no money,
It is Just Another Day in the USA living in Boulder Colorado where NO ONE buys Art.
It's just a beginning. (see: I'm not a native English speaker!)
There are many ideas in my mind how to better up the world or the living conditions of people.
I do this from the point of view of an artist who has many interests: Philosophy, Dreams and
their interpretation, Awareness, The Mind etc.
What can one do to make the world a better place?
To sing in a choir, to play music, to paint and to analyse your innermost, e.g. by interpreting your
paintings etc.
There are so many ways, and it is a good way to be creative, to see things and daily life
again and again from another point of view.
Meditation is certainly another way to find out about yourself and the world. In this field I'm not
an expert, but I will try to better up my ability in this direction.
Nevertheless:
The intuition of artists often is similar to Meditation, because you gain informations
from within, from your innermost mind. And that we all do share.
So that's the beginning:
Good communication with people, with your innermost, with the different aspects of life.
To find the point, your way of living that is good for you and at the same time good for the
society. It has to do with finding out for what you are born.
I'm certainly born to help people and myself to find out more about the world.
Art is one important task for me on this way. Nevertheless:
Perhaps life will show me how I'm best used to fulfill the god-like plan we all living people
are a part of, all people of all religions, of all non-religions, all.
We people of the world are all equal and all free - that's the underlying philosophy.
We won't only survive, we well prevail.
--- And we have to take care, of ourselves, of our neighbour, of the whole living and not-living
world. --- And that's not easy at all --- But it's possible and as a vision it is seemingly so
simple and so great at the same time.
Part 1 of an article I wrote for jewishinstlouis.org
Every art student learns about the fair use principle, granting us permission to use any image in our artwork as long as we transform it so that it conveys new meaning. But beyond that all-encompassing definition, we don’t know what transgressions, if any, we are actually committing.
Recently in the news is the preemptive lawsuit artist Shepard Fairey filed against the Associated Press. According to Fairey the AP threatened to sue him unless he pays royalties for the image that he used as source material for his now famous campaign poster of Barack Obama. Fairey argues that he is protected by the fair use principle. He claims that his intention was not to reproduce any particular image, but instead was to capture a specific gaze representative of the ideas of hope and change.
In an interview on NPR, Fairey declared he was going forward with this suit on behalf of all artists, the thousands of artists that created their own campaign images in the same grassroots manner, pulling images from the web in support of the message of hope, change and a new administration in Washington.
screen shot of: first page of google image search results for "Barack Obama"
I am fascinated by Fairey’s implication that the process of appropriating and re-contextualizing Google image search results might be considered a grassroots action. As an artist, I frequently use images that that I find on Google. Like Fairey suggested, my motivation for using these images is to highlight the search itself, not the derivative image.
Perhaps then, these cyber Robin Hoodian actions—using and transforming Google image search results—are capable of changing the structures that control the dissemination of information. After all, the order that information appears in Google searches is determined by the amount of people searching any given topic. And as a result of the Fairey’s appropriation, his campaign poster may be forever linked to Obama’s presidency.
email from President Obama
Obama’s popularity can be credited to his skillfully constructed presidential campaign that effortlessly linked his name to hope. I was quick to jump onto Obama’s online campaign message of hope. Like many others, I subscribed to his twitter, facebook, and YouTube pages. I now get weekly emails from him and I even have a blog on his site…
Ivan Butcher II, Harlem born Artist, designed and copyrighted in 1975, The Black Evolutionary American Flag, with the Library of Congress.
With the approaching Bi-Centennial, Butcher realized that the Media was ignoring a Legacy of Black (African Americans) accomplishments made into the progress of this Nation, not to exclude the Indians(Native Americans)
As an Artist compelled to create a symbol, that would express the Contributions that African Americans have made, he designed a Flag. Inspired by words from one of Malcolm X's speeches, for us as an oppressed people not to disrespect the American Flag but instead create our own, which then was advocating a nation within a nation.
Along with the threat of Separatism and the fact that Evolution sounded too much like Revolution are the major reasons for The Flag not receiving national recognition from the Media.
Today the flag is named, Flag of Progress ( slogan: Unity is Progress)
Video descriptive presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjzITSGqwz8
Thank you,
Ivan Butcher II
Art is not a luxury or a nice to have but a necessity of life. Beauty is needed in times of hardship and distress to warm and sooth the heart. Let us help our President Obama achieve his mission for the arts. Join me if you believe that there is ART in every HEART.
The Pickens Plan: For those who would like to become an active participant in a solution for our nations energy needs I urge you to join with T.Boone Pickens in his quest for a cleaner planet through alternative energy.
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With the hope, unity and excitement of Barack Obama's victory, many have commented that we're feeling a sense of both national and spiritual renewal that's almost like a revival.
To that end, please take a look at a design I created:
www.cafepress.com/teachers4peace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osj4PEI-ELQ
A film by Anthony Gatto and Jim Slonina. Sound engineering by MironRaf.com. A group of artists and circus performers come together in speak their mind and represent their support for Barack Obama. Featuring visual artist Robin Barcus-Slonina, Guinness World Record-holding juggler Anthony Gatto, dancer Danielle Gatto, musician Jim Lutz, contortionist Natasha Patterson, Broadway star Cinda RamSeur, and actor/clown Jim Slonina.
CROWN BARACK OBAMA T-SHIRT!!!
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The Ventura County Volunteer Campaign office is open in Downtown OJAI seven days a week! (805) 272-8189. Office hours are 10-5 everyday. 323 Matilija St., Ste. 116, OJAI, 93023. OjaiforObama.com.
We are wireless. We keep buttons, tee shirts, and stickers as stocked as we are able! We are between LA and Santa Barbara and work with volunteers from all over.
Directions: Corner of Montgomery and Matilija, in the office building across from Theater 150. Take Montgomery west off Ojai Ave. (aka Hwy. 150, aka Main Street), go 1 block, we're on the corner. You can't miss it. You can come in anytime we're open to phone bank and help out. We also need office workers; shifts 10-2 and 2-6 everyday.
Weekly Volunteer Group Activities at the office:
TUESDAY-Phone Bank 5-8 p.m. Bring a cell phone. We have scripts, numbers, and support! We're calling Nevada!!! WEDNESDAY-Policy Night with Peter Strauss 6-7:30 p.m. Weekly topics, call for this week.
THURSDAY-Phone Bank 5-8 p.m. Bring a cell phone. We have scripts, numbers, and support!
FRIDAY-TGIF Pizza Social 5-7 p.m.. Come by for PIZZA, light discussion, and end-of-the-week wind-down with DAVID BUSH. Pizzas get there at 5PM!!! SATURDAY and SUNDAY-PHONE BANK and CANVASS beginning at 5PM. We have scripts and support for phone bankers and water for walkers. Bring your laptops and cell phones.Thank you and remember we are quivering on the brink of PROGRESS, so let's get it done!David BUSH for Obama!
There is a group going to Vegas to canvass every weekend between now and Nov. 4. If you're interested in going, let us know. Thanks and we look forward to seeing you!
David BUSH for OBAMA!
Just came across these great hand-stamped silver charms by San Francisco based jewelry artist Cheryl Freeman of Where'sRomeo?!:
http://www.wheresromeostore.com/servlet/Detail?no=48
... what a fashionable way to wear your political heart around your neck, your wrist - or just dangle it from a key chain - plus: all profits from the sale of these cool charms will be donated to the Obama campaign!
Designer Carol Vena-Mondt will be wearing her political affiliation on her sleeve this fall with the debut of her ‘VOTE OBAMA’ unisex rhinestone bracelet set. The net profits from the $36 (includes tax and shipping), two bracelet set will be donated to the Obama for President campaign. Rhinestone letters spell out the words ‘VOTE’ and ‘OBAMA’ on red, white, black, or blue imitation leather bands. The result is a fun, wearable piece of political bling. Worn together or separately, the eye-catching bracelet set makes an exuberant political statement and is a great conversation piece.
To see a bracelet set, click on my name to see my Profile.
Orders can be placed via Paypal: venamondt@gmail.com. Please include mailing address and color choice.
