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“Summer’s my street art season, so lately I’ve been busy, consumed, frantically getting the new work out and up before it gets cold outside and I have to retreat to the studio. I love summer but I’m so busy I’ve got no time or energy left for much else than work. Which is a good thing. Fortunately though, thanks to the Wooster Collective, inspiration’s easy to find. Every few days I check in and check up on what everybody’s been up to. Actually, it’s kinda overwhelming. I gotta say I worry a bit that street art’s become so fashionable that it’s bound to go out of fashion, but that’s life and I’m not gonna fight it. I just scroll down the site and refuel, suck up the energy—each crazy scheme, each artist, each crazy cockeyed dreamer out there recharges me and kicks my butt back outside to fight the good fight.  I loved the “Schmoozes”, the loony tunes compulsion of it, and the honoring of the long tradition of hitting the steps to the Met. Very fulfilling, like we have a history. Reminds me of an early inspiration: Sandy Skoglund.

The
thing I like about the Wooster check-in is it’s  comforting to know there’s
fellow lonesome Giacometti dogs like me out there wandering the streets. It’s
like support—what I need to hear while I’m struggling with the setbacks and
self doubt of my current projects. “... href="http://www.danwitzstreetart.com/">Dan
 
From
Vinnie Ray:
 
What’s inspiring me right now is
thinking about the break up of my favorite band, Phish. The following letter is
Phish’s announcement for ending it. The following pictures are just a glimpse at
what IT was . This band has influenced me on so many levels. They pumped out 20
years of positive vibes.—-vinnie ray

“Last Friday night, I got together with Mike, Page and Fish to talk openly about the strong feelings I’ve been having that Phish has run its course and that we should end it now while it’s still on a high note. Once we started talking, it quickly became apparent that the other guys’ feelings, while not all the same as mine, were similar in many ways— most importantly, that we all love and respect Phish and the Phish audience far too much to stand by and allow it to drag on beyond the point of vibrancy and health. We don’t want to become caricatures of ourselves, or worse yet, a nostalgia act. By the end of the meeting, we realized that after almost twenty- one years together we were faced with the opportunity to graciously step away in unison, as a group, united in our friendship and our feelings of gratitude.So Coventry will be the final Phish show. We are proud and thrilled that it will be in our home state of Vermont. We’re also excited for the June and August shows, our last tour together. For the sake of clarity, I should say that this is not like the hiatus, which was our last attempt to revitalize ourselves. We’re done. It’s been an amazing and incredible journey. We thank you all for the love and support that you’ve shown us.—Trey Anastasio”

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Playing from a top an air traffic control tower while dancers
repel on the side

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The flatbed truck: Unannounced instrumental ambiance at 3am. This
is the closest real life has come to the dream world.

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“I have read a few of these and sort of struggled to pin point one
thing that truly inspires me as my mind doesn’t really focus like that…it
changes rapidly due to the anxious overactive way it works. So I thought maybe a
list of stuff might be better as inspiration comes in waves from a cornucopia of
things…so here goes folks:My cat Margot, Kelly’s Heroes, Joesph Heller, Roald
Dahl, Ian Brown, Beastie Boys, Rivers, Trees, Tony Soprano, William Cutting,
Barry Mcgee, Doze Green, Bigfoot, ghosts, Yoshitomo Nara, Woodgrain, Bark,
Elephants, Southern Comfort ( the film, neh the booze ), Deliverence, Hayao
Miyazaki, Forests, Ron Kovic, Dispatches, Country walks, My mother and father,
and my beautiful lady, Charlotte.Okay hope that has cleared up a few
things….as I sort of just wrote what was in my head at that moment…remember
it changes constantly and thats how it should be for everyone….for best
results feed creativity a balanced but varied diet for a healthy and vibrant
artist.Take care of yourselves”.... href="http://www.fotolog.net/dist">dist.one