the reality tunnel

This is a letter to the editor that I just submitted in response to an editorial in today’s H-T, Graffiti not art; it is vandalism:
I was disappointed by today’s editorial condemning graffiti.  Rather than fostering a nuanced and frank dialog about complicated issues like the state of public and private spaces in Bloomington, the [...]

ART OPENING.
FRIDAY JUNE 27th!
7-10 PM:
WORKS BY SWAMPDONKEY (SAN DIEGO/SANTA CRUZ)
at sweet hickory!
(317 east 3rd in bloomington)
drawings and mixed media work by california based graffiti artist “swampdonkey”
for more information call 812 369 5284

Here are two new instances of technology (both via boingboing) that seem to really aid social justice movements.

Cause Caller is a VOIP tool that lets you define a cause and contacts related to that cause (for instance, congressional representatives on a panel investigating a particular issue).  Users can then enter their phone number and the [...]