tragedy is everywhere

greece is burning. owen wilson tried to commit suicide. and couples everywhere are buying into the consuming process of living happily ever after, starting with feeding their guests gourmet appetizers at hundreds of dollars per head. im sure among gazillions of other awful things happening in the world. a friend emailed me yesterday and wrote that the amazing thing about having international friends is that in a world full of photographers, inundated with visual stimulation to the point that it all becomes meaningless, we still have our voices. all we can do to change the demise of the world as we know it, is share what is going on in our separate countries, neighborhoods,and lives. we can bring the world together one conversation at a time, whether with words or images.
while all this is going on, i quietly googled for six hours today. i came across a few things that are worth sharing so check it out.greece, blind artists,and a couple of galleries dedicated to emerging artists.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/world/europe/27cnd-greece.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

http://www.artingeneral.org/projects/389

http://blindatthemuseum.com/wingwall.html

http://www.artistsai.org/cuchifritos/Exhibits/current.html

http://www.sundaynyc.com/future.html