We need to make sure we’re actually listening to understand, and not listening to argue.

Obituaries are more about life than about death. They're the last opportunity that you have to really talk about somebody's contribution to the world and society.

In order to pull this job off, they take this barge here, and bring this barge underneath the span at low tide, and then wait for the tide to rise. Then once the bottom quarter of this truss make contact with the barge, they cut away the steal, and then float this section right out.

We've had some very real failures and we never really knew where we were going or who we were trying to be. We just knew that we wanted to collaborate, we had this desire to collaborate in this life, on this work and in whatever form that takes.

What could I do to advance this conversation?

Doing the things you're good at can lead to really awesome opportunities if you follow through - saying yes to things.

So what the f*ck does it mean to follow the energy? Some people call it synchronicity, some people call it the Law of Attraction, other people call it just when just line up. But because of this month's theme, we're going to call it symmetry.

So following the energy...this is the part where we talk about our nonexistent business plan and how we've made it 11 years.

But you're always slowly trying to acquire just a little bit more, totally boot-strapped as we can grow this business selling prints.

"She was a beacon of light and diesel fuel, and gallons of coffee, and boobs and a message of support."

"And I decided I needed to build it. That I needed to create a tool to unite us all and to get us off the bathroom floor. A bright light in a world of bathroom stalls."

Without the volunteer help to start a company with no money it was not going to work. You need a community, a building community, that spreads the word itself—they're all ambassadors, you need them to build the ship, or a project like this. As you know, 'cause you're all creative people—If you're creative, you find creative people to realize something, right?

We came aboard the Europa to say: "Is there another way of transporting goods from A to B, without having pollution?" Well, it was obvious that WE were transported across the Atlantic, by sailing vessel. So, why couldn't we then transport coffee, or cocoa, or olive oil to and from the Carribean?

Before expecting being included from others, you should start by embracing yourself first.

We think that our decisions come from our mind but no we sense it first before our brain can decide so if you felt its not the right thing. Step back

I need to be included in my way.

.انسانية الاهتمام نحو شمولية الكون

A human care towards an inclusive universe.

Certainly, there are a lot of moments in this exhibition where you will catch your breath or you will want to cry or you will want to curse, or you’ll want to walk away; you’ll want to rage, but there really is a layer of hope embedded in the concepts that course through this exhibition. There’s this idea of celebrating America’s hard-fought successes in the battle for equality while also advocating for the fact that we need continuing reflection, conversation and action to grow as a nation and build a more just society.

Art is simply a catalyst, it is simply the thing that we make up, then love and get seduced that leads us to something else, that leads us to another conversation. That leads us to a dialogue that can be used in a way that generates a higher degree of empathy, that allows for us to see each other in a more clear light and to understand each other better, and to hopefully live together better. Yes, we do have that aspiration.

If we can't imagine it, we can't do it... If we cant imagine it then its definitely not going to happen. And artists allow us to imagine, allow us to dream."

We all believe that creativity, innovation, comes from thinking that is often generated from artists.

We want to have an impact. When I allude to the idea of having an impact in terms of civic engagement, the idea of having an impact on development, this is what we aspire to be.

Art is not just something to look at; it's something to interact with, something to be with.

"Craft" can be a derogatory remark - not making art, just doing craft. A healthy conversation again for artists that are considered to be self-taught, sometimes call them "folk" or "outliers" - as they make craft instead of art.