Day Thirty Two

I initially began my 100 Days of Resist! project as a solo kind of a thing.

The very first day,

my wife had invited me to join her for an announced Day of Protest during her lunch break.

I found that I liked it out there.

It’s probably the artist in me.

All artists are exhibitionists to one degree or another.

Doing it solo,

I think,

was much more personal,

for both the people in the cars and myself.

It’s kind of self-exploratory public theatre out there.

I started out doing it in Montclair,

mostly because I was already active there as an artist.

Building foundations with foundations.

I’d just show up at one of two locations whenever I felt like going.

Then I started getting invited to the Sunday at 3 event a lot,

and started going there exclusively so as to support the broader cause,

though I think that both ways are very effective and rewarding in their own way.

In either case,

I am not one to stand-still in a group holding a sign.

Honestly speaking,

I’m just not a “group” or “organized anything” kind of a person,

and I think that should be okay.

People need to work their strengths.

And so even in the group,

I’d do my individual thing,

strutting my stuff,

prancing around.

It’s performance art is what it is.

I think of myself as an ad for this new form of safe self-expression (and that can be about anything) because I think that honest and sincere individual local expression is what will change the world.

Anyway,

just the week before I had decided to move on from the Sunday at 3 thing because it had become successful to the point that the sidewalks are full.

There is no room for me to do my thing.

That’s when I was invited to the Saturday at 12:30 to 3 Thing in Verona,

which happens to be my hometown.

So this week I thought I’d try it there.

There was still no room to move,

due to the piles of snow this time,

but that was okay as this was my first time in Verona and I wanted to observe.

Biggest difference between there and Montclair this day was the strength of the positive and negative reaction.

It was like,

in Verona,

it was more personal,

as it should be,

because I live here.

What do you care about enough that you would make a sign and demonstrate by yourself or with others in your own hometown?

Neighbors driving by.

Just causing people to think about that kind of thing makes it worth it.

It’s actually a hell of a great opportunity for creative people to safely, publicly, standout.

Do it most anywhere,

show up regularly,

and you will get attention.

Do something good for everybody with it.

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