Occasionally you read something in public places that gives you pause. That is, if you scan your environment, rather than burying your nose in a book or rushing along…. if you are of the former kind you might have caught the subtle messages displayed in subway trains in NYC and who knows where else….

http://hyperallergic.com/364131/artist-remixes-if-you-see-something-say-something-posters-in-nyc-subway/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=When%20Experimental%20Music%20Resonated%20with%20Abstract%20Art&utm_content=When%20Experimental%20Music%20Resonated%20with%20Abstract%20Art+CID_aa18ac7eba309946f4fd5a724e4566cd&utm_source=HyperallergicNewsletter

Once you exited the trains and walked through the stations you might have encountered this:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-poster-halt-action-group-art_us_58c2fcd4e4b054a0ea6a8d94?fd1fcngkj8dcuwhfr&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

You have to be the change you want to see in the world

Clearly people are trying to get a message across to populations they might otherwise not reach. I commend them, given the amount of work that goes in such a project, the risk of legal prosecution and the likelihood of “low return.” If you are glued to the one or two sources of news that match your politics you will not hear what the other side has to say. If you are too exhausted from work and poverty, you might not notice.

Real life is always uncomfortable. It is never easy or thought-free and that’s how it has to be.

And speaking of messaging – here is an interesting bit on how you can try to manipulate language to pursue your goals:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-political-lexicon-of-a-billionaire-populist/2017/03/09/4d4c2686-ff86-11e6-8f41-ea6ed597e4ca_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trumplanguage740p%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.560a13cc993f

Photographs are of words that caught my roving eye in January. The featured shot says War starts here, as does the resistance.

Will happiness find me?