happy happy holidays. word.

um yeah okay whatever.
i am happy i got free delicious food today at the last event of the art and commitment symposium that's been happening over the weekend. not to mention the discussion(that's what this last event was, a discussion with a panel composed of local artists and people involved in the local art community) was really interesting. There was discussion of things like, well, committment and art of course, political art..., community, race, age gaps in the art/ artist/activist community..., political activism and/thru art... i dunno how to describe it all. There was some discussion of how only certain sorts of art are getting funding from organizations such as the natl. endowment for the arts and how that puts limits on the art that gets created and out...
This kind of annoyed me, it seems people aren't thinking out of the box enough- d.i.y., who really needs funding? make a poster/flyer, photocopy a bunch and stick'em up wherever the fuck you want. make zines. find ways to project yer videos on the sides of bldngs or whatever... ways to set up screenings in public places... i am sure ways could be found to do it little or no cost, i've heard of it being done. there are many things one can create and things one can do to get yer creations to the public without tons of funding/investment, methinks. well i'll have to babble more on this later.
I am meeting a friend and her daughter to go watch the holidazzle parade. hence thee title of this post. bye-bye, till the morrow, dear readers. (actually, is anyone reading this? someone leave a comment of some kind so I know! Please?)