Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Saturday, November 17, 2007

1 lg french bread
2 sm pieces of crumb cake
1 turkey/cheese on small roll sandwich
sm sample cup of eggnog
1 bag of potato chips (net wt. 1 oz.)
bottle of orange drink (16 fl. oz.)
1 chocolate chip cookie
med coffee (light/sweet)
1 orange
1 apple
4-5 lollipops (various flavors)
bottle of water (16.9 fl. oz.)
1/4-1/2 pack of cigarettes

note: in the last week also drank an additonal bottle of water (16.9 fl. oz.) that wasn't listed


Public Art

There was a time when public art meant a bronzed war hero on the plaza. Today it means something radically different. Today it is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the living and the dead face-to-face for all eternity. Now it is ceremonial art, collective art, political art, environmental art. It is new-genre public art, the artist as aesthetician and activist, exploring his or her aliveness in the streets of the community.


"We are living in a state of emergency. I feel more than ever we must step outside of the strictly art arena. It is not enough to make art."

--Guillermo Gomez-Pena


"Unlike much of what has prviously been called public art, new genre-public art is based on engagement."

--Suzanne Lacy


"To search for the good and make it matter; this is the real challenge for the artist."

--Estella Conwill Majozo


"The work of art is a scream of freedom."

--Christo


I am both a private and public artist. I may not build monumental sculptures or transform the landscape, but I mean to live a less secretive and secluded life as an artist. If I am not precisely an activist, I am nevertheless an artist willing to be public, visible, and influential.


entry excerpted from Affirmations For Artists by Eric Maisel
published 1996 by G. P. Putnam's Sons (New York)


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