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Celebrating Kindness on the Subway

5:03 am in artist, Cars & Transportation, community development, Culture & Celebrity, transportaton by TreeHugger

st paul photo Photo: B. Alter The artist Michael Landy is out to improve the civility on subways. For the past few months he has been encouraging commuters to commit "Acts of Kindness" by submitting short stories of kindness that they have seen or experienced on the Central line of the London subway system. Some of the resulting stories and comments have now been posted on the walls of the subway platforms and they are quite touching. Kind of renews one's faith in human nature. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Be Kind to Your Fellow Commuters

5:01 am in artist, Cars & Transportation, commuting, Culture & Celebrity, public transportation by TreeHugger

other self photo Photo: tfl Public transport is great. When it's good it is fast, easy, stress-free, you can get a seat and withdraw into your own world. And when it's bad: rude, nasty, pushy, smelly, etc. etc. But artist Michael Landy is out to improve the civility on subways. Starting now, he is encouraging commuters to commit "Acts of Kindness" by submitting short stories of kindness that they have seen or experienced on the Central line of the London subway system. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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When is Graffiti Art and When is it Vandalism?

4:59 am in artist, buses, Business & Politics, consumerism, Culture & Celebrity by TreeHugger

tox art photo Photo: grafflondon.tk The graffiti artist known as Tox has been convicted because a jury decided his art was vandalism. His street art consists of his name with the last two digits of the year. We all love Banksy: his environmentally-themed graffiti art is followed by many and sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars. But this guy is going to get a few years in jail. What's the difference? When is graffiti vandalism and when is it art?...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei is Missing

5:08 am in artist, Business & Politics, Culture & Celebrity, exhibits, recycling reuse by TreeHugger

bowls ai photo Photo: B.Alter Ai Weiwei is the brave and controversial Chinese artist who has been missing and kept under "residential surveillance" for six weeks now, arrested boarding a plane in Beijing for Hong Kong on April 3. Best known in the West for his part in the iconic Bird's Nest Stadium at the Chinese Olympics, he has been under pressure from that government because he is so outspoken on behalf of freedom of speech. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Dollar Bills Make Good Art

5:08 am in artist, Business & Politics, clothing, corporate responsibility, Culture & Celebrity by TreeHugger

end near photo Photo: dan tague DanTague is turning American dollar bills into an art form. Which is an interesting twist, given that the art market is all about money. This series of work, all using old folded American dollar bills of different denominations, is a comment on life in the United States....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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