Between the Door and the Street (about the homepage pic)
On October 19 2013, the artist Suzanne Lacy closed off an entire
street in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. On each stoop, women
(and a few men) wearing bright yellow scarves gathered to hold public
conversations. The people on the stoops were mostly community activists and
they held conversations on a diverse array of issues, including
reproductive rights, global economics, poverty, and immigration, among
others. Visitors to the project could stop and listen to the conversation,
but not actively participate. Lacy called the piece, "Between the
Door and the Street," referencing the in-between of private and public
conversations, spaces, and activism.
I am thinking about this
blog as a space between the door and the street too. A place for intimate
conversations and reflections that also invites public engagement.
I find it very interesting that these people had meaningful conversations about world issues with an audience, i think it was constructive to allow the public to listen in but not "chime" in. They can leave with new ideas weighing on their minds and hopefully start another conversation, spreading new and meaningful ideas further.
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