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”That’s not the way the world really works anymore,” he continued. ”We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. [...]

Local Politics is All: Lots of talkin’ about supporting local arts and artists, which warms my heart. Glad to know there are a few who are speachifing about us, particularly given this report (PDF download), the existence and conclusions of which at least some of the highest tier of St Petersburg’s City government claim [...]

Council member Leslie Curran called Danner’s proposal “an excellent alternative” to city funding.”The plus is our account would be gaining interest,” she said, allowing donors to “get more for their money.”
Neighborhoodtimes: $1-million startup for arts reserve sought by Danner-St Pete Times

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A woman came up to me today and pointed to this painting and said– “That’s my neighbor’s house!” I asked her where this house was, and she gave the correct address. So I am one step closer to my dream of having someone recognizing his or her own residence in one of my paintings and [...]

From Creative Loafing comes this tale of alcoholic charity. Unfortunately, the web site was oddly designed, with no attention to the values of the colors used– medium-value gray text over medium-value orange, bloody unreadable. So we will reprint here:
Evander Preston in the news again
December 20th, 2007 by Alex Pickett in Flashbacks & Updates, The [...]