10/24 Quotes + Artist

The interventionist Pg. 45

The God Bless Graffiti

“Coalition, Inc. was founded in 2000 in Chicago in order to combat growing national and international anti-graffiti trends. We first published our “Give Graffiti the Thumbs Up” brochure to help educate the public about the Truth of graffiti.“  We hope in the near future to make connections to pilgrims on similar roads in other parts of the world as well as bring our message to larger audiences on the radio and television via public service announcements. “For Graffiti so loved the world that it gave itself to the sole purpose of giving to earth everlasting beauty.” Rusto 3:16.”

Ruben Ortiz-Torres

“Rubén Ortiz-Torres works in a variety of media to explore cultural representations and collisions as they appear in everyday cultural life. While his work predominately focuses on the Chicano experience, his purview includes all forms of cultural connection and collision. He has produces numerous photographs, paintings, hats, trucks and even leaf blowers as media to investigate signature materials and images of this cultural experience.”    Pg. 31 & 32

Seeing Power 107-146

“Sontag hoped to galvanize the international cultural community to bring attention to the atrocities in Sarajevo, and, perhaps, to lobby the U.S government to intervene—a position that garnered much controversy from those on the left.” Pg. 108

“The anarchists enjoyed music. They had tattoos, piercings, cool shirts, and odd haircuts, and they were unafraid to stand in opposition to the essentials of the American lifestyle. “  Pg. 128

Kendrick Lamar- Kendrick Lamar is an artist who has been influencing or attempting to influence society. He released an album called “How to pimp a butterfly, (which I have 2 signed copes off) and this album is a response to racism, violence, and police brutality. The song “blacker the berry” is in response to the Trayvon Martin case and he has many other songs which touch upon important topics. Kendrick goes around many schools, as a matter of fact he visited my brother’s high school, High Tech High school and had a seminar to talk to the students, followed by a quick performance. I think Kendrick is a positive influence in today’s society.