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Message from THIS:
“So here we are, our first opening.
When came up with the idea to do THIS we had no idea how many people would get behind us and be excited about what we are trying to do. It’s been a really amazing experience already, and we haven’t even opened our doors yet.
Tomorrow night, Friday February 12th, is our inaugural event. A group show of our closest friends. We did this whole thing to showcase
our friends, the ones we already know and the ones we are going to meet.
Thats what THIS is all about.
In addition to our opening show Friday night, we will be opening our doors for the NELA art walk happening on Saturday, go to http://www.nelaart.com/ for more info.
We’ll also be having a little BBQ get together for the families and kids on Sunday the 14th from 12-3PM so all of our kids can meet and get to know each other.”

Take a trip down to Chinatown and check it out!

artQ contacted me recently and asked if they could post about me on their site. here’s what they had to say.

check out the artQ site HERE.

Objects that don’t belong – polaroids by Joe Mckay

“looking at the works of Joe Mckay i was able to absorb different messages, by joining all his polaroids i created a hypothetical puzzle where the chips were specially marked to be deciphered and unified in unusual categories. I chose 4 of many polaroids which offered the same unintentional logic and this is what i came up with: OBJECTS THAT DON’T BELONG. I really enjoy the nature of these photographs specially the careless framing and the faded tones. Although these photographs stood out from McKay’s polaroid collection for not belonging (-refrence to a place or time) there were a few others that were superior in concept for just the opposite – Belonging-  ex. surfer boys in wagon, homeless guy in the street, couch in a living room etc.  Check out Joe Mckay’s work here“

found on http://www.learnsomethingeveryday.co.uk/

found on http://www.learnsomethingeveryday.co.uk/

what would happen if i did one nice thing a day for someone i don’t know?

like a favor.
or some sort of help.
as long as i didn’t know the person.
what would happen?
to them?
to me?
to my outlook on life?
to the way i feel about everyday people?
to the way those people see life & others?
what would it cause them to do?

would i feel happier?
would people be surpised?
would they be prone to take the help?
would they be skeptical?

there was a movie called “pay it forward”
i never saw it.
is that what this movie is about?
my idea doesn’t have to be original.
most of my ideas aren’t.
i just thought i would try it out.

i’m not sure what to call these things.
good deeds maybe?
i don’t know if i’ll be able to do it everyday.
mostly because some days i don’t even leave my house.

we’ll see what happens.