Wednesday, July 16, 2008

tracts






last week i traveled with my art history class to the contemporary museum down the street. the current exhibit at the contemporary, which was mistakenly described to me as some sort of a gardening show, was a collection of entrepreneurial art projects, some involving community. one idea, the tract house, was this off site apartment with a table full of stacks of little sheets of quotes and stories, advice and activist oriented thinking. you could grab as many as you wanted, and most of them had instructions to be folded into little books and pamphlets.

so much to admired about this concept. and there are lots more on their website to look at...

and in the spirit of pamphlets, i found this website the other day that has the complete writings of thomas paine, one and two, for download as a pdf. common sense, here i come.

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