Eco-artist

I realize the way I do things in every walk of life says something about who I am.  The subtle annoyance I got from smelling/breathing in my last cars exhaust meant I should do whatever I can to change it. People here like to call distance an amount of time, but using gas means more than looking at a clock.  As long as it is financially within reach, I feel the obtainablity of an ev car has many benifits beyond just saving on gas.  

bakery square, free charge stations

Most of my time working I've made significant use of my vehicle to work or go to work,  this means it's important to have wheels.  If I want to see the vintage grand prix, or art all night I like that there's an option to charge up nearby.  Pittsburgh has many locations available for ev car owners to easily drive & charge each day an continues to add more.  Lastly, I've been interested in taking sustainability courses at Chatham.  If not so, I do look into it every chance I get, nearly for entertainment purposes,  I feel like a superhero in a world of rich antiheros.  This is like the modern day industrial revolution; but label it the clean revolting.   Difficulty, the challenge of it all is what drives me to attempt and try it,  I like to make a significant change at some point, so driving cleaner is the least I can do.  I did wish for a Volkswagen e-golf before, but it isn't sold here.  There was the option of driving to Hagerstown to visit family as I would prepare my attempt to journey station to station back to Pittsburgh.  But I didn't need it as much as I wanted to do it all, in fact the technology is expected to improve exponentially as time goes by.   I like to be able to say I was one of the first using an ev car for everyday driving&more.   

When black guys do dumb stuff does it get more attention?

Not that I'm complaining about my present exposure,  but in general it is societies expectancy to see the next shooting be a black male suspect.  In locations that haven't caught up with integration,  people are taught to fear black men causing harm.  Many projects actually are a danger to people's lives in or out of the specifically hood locations.   I tend to check trulia for heat maps as one of the many app tools I use looking for my first home in Pittsburgh.   I want to show students who think it's an achievement to have the more violent neighborhood.  Home values decrease because families are reluctant to raise children there; actually, unless they are in the family of the last generation it's unlikely.   There's nothing like coming from the outside looking in,  will cookie cut ghettos still be the exact same or even exist 100 yrs from now?  Will architects hold down their food for the next round of visually substandard creations to isolate the uncivilized?  Will communities quickly take the initiative to make their communities family friendly or strive to contain, preserve, and perpetuate its self destructing existence? Is the music on the local radio so much a part of the community?  People may look at the news in awe and shame; when we aren't directly affected we will condone the lack of innocence.  To some that is the only choice they know of,  with records corrupted at an early age, music that agrees with the backwards successful life philosophy playing daily to reflect with.  We are all rushed in life to do what makes a decent income for our chance of survival,  extremes are more visually obvious with lower incomes,  and appear nonexistent with the higher incomes.   Segregation still exist naturally when violence doesn't allow one to peacefully coexist in the same place.   When either group complains,  there will always be obvious solutions to solving the problem,  just ask the right people.  

My thoughts about Selma, and The Imitation Game

Selma struck me as a very emotional, powerful film with strong characters acting for MLK, his wife and associates.   The depiction of the president at the time was very believable for those sympathetic to the immediate action needed for equality.   I haven't seen many films with such a true level of respect shown for people with my appearance.  The time it took for Selma to be created does not bother me,  this seems to be a valuable time for everyone in America.  Reviews and rewards are for more fictitious films that test the limits and new technology in modern cinema.  Some films are more about the message, who it is speaking to and what it has to say.   With that being said, I also liked The Imitation Game for the messages it had, the times were also brutal requiring sacrifices and higher level thought.   The fact that the machines were behind the scene was not a big surprise, technological superiority has been a major part of winning wars and claiming new lands for most of human existence.  I have to include the fact that there is a movie coming for America's best sniper in all history; how can we possibly ignore technological advantages that allow us to win?  I have respect for the sacrifices made during wartime,  but for the same warrior to come home and be killed by a struggling veteran is a shame.  The murders that were in the news of the French illustrator Charlie Hebdo and people nearby who also got shot were not a surprise because of the sensitive nature of what they were joking about.   The religious fanatics that were the focus of the illustrations were heavily armed and prepared to die just as we and the artists must have already expected.  Hatred is a very easy emotion to express, it is driven with a short of primitive quick response to action to rid any immediate threat.  The most immediate threat to such a radical religious group is knowledge of its lack of legitimacy.   Each attack they make leads me to wonder why didn't they communicate the response in a civilized manner.   Thinkers will get more done for a nation than killers ever will.  Economics will continue to be the destroyer or savior of our nation more than many other factors we may assume it to be.   

Thoughts for the day (for yesterday)

When there's opportunity at every turn,  you never run out of things to do.   

The nicest rewards come from the biggest risks.  

Everything you do out of love and determination is for some one who surrounds you, even if you think it's for yourself.  

If you're looking any direction going forward,  whoever or whatever is in front is better than looking behind or even next to you. 

Hesitation helps extend the time it takes to be adult without constant guidance.  

Don't border lock yourself from cultural amazement. .embrace the variation of colors light and dark or in between.

Hatred should end during childhood,  visit a zoo and love something that's alive in captivity or not.  

November

I'm thinking about how I can make my work less of an economically stimulated activity.  When i'm comfortable making just enough, I'll need more desire; whenever I want too much I'll forget to be grateful for what's in front of me.