things i've got on my mind...

green is good.

Banksy on Advertising via DesignTAXI.com

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“People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are ‘The Advertisers’ and they are laughing at you. 

You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity. 

Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.”

Presidential Oath with Dr. Seuss...

My thought for the day from January 22, 2009:
Did you know that the President can be sworn in on a copy of One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and the oath would still count?

I think that's cool because books and stories and creativity and imagination mean so much to me.
I might pick a Harry Potter book or perhaps a Twilight book...
Maybe The Hunger Games or Graceling.
The Giver, or A Wrinkle in Time, or Where the Sidewalk Ends.
Maybe just a whole stack of books!

[side note: I don't think Lemony Snickett's A Series of Unfortunate Events would be a good choice...]

[Also, are you on goodreads.com? If you read, you should be. Please find me and let's be reading friends!]


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