I am ARTIST

Artists are people who make change, people who touch others, people who create work that matters. If you design a new interface, you’re an artist. If you create a story for a non-profit that spreads around the world and raises awareness and changes lives, you’re an artist. If you look a kid in the eye and teach her algebra in a way she understands, you’re an artist.

So why is it difficult to be an artist?

Because artists break things. Breaking the status quo, the established rules, the way things usually are.
~ Seth Godin, good experience






Human, The Killers
I did my best to notice
When the call came down the line
Up to the platform of surrender
I was brought but I was kind

And sometimes I get nervous
When I see an open door
Close your eyes, clear your heart
Cut the cord

Are we human or are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancer?

Pay my respects to grace and virtue
Send my condolences to good
Hear my regards to soul and romance
They always did the best they could

And so long to devotion
You taught me everything I know
Wave goodbye, wish me well
You've gotta let me go

Are we human or are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancer?

Will your system be alright
When you dream of home tonight
There is no message we're receiving
Let me know, is your heart still beating?

Are we human or are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancer?

You've gotta let me know

Are we human or are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancer?


And sometimes, between the pictures in my head and the movements of my body, there are words. Words that flow and grow and trip merrily off my fingers and onto the page like they were never mired in the physicality of my body & brain...


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