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110/365 - Indefinately. Always, all the time. Wether or not I feel like it, if I always stop and take a second and ask myself this question I can turn my attitude around.
Wether you know me or not doesn't really matter. I am grateful 1. because I am not in prison, nor have I ever been. 2. I don't have to have a needle in my arm before I can get out of bed in the morning :) (A kiss and a hug help yeah :) 3. I don't have to do drugs to feel okay in my own skin. There are so many things I can be grateful for on a daily basis, and I hope your life is blessed so you feel the same. These things are where I got my idea for today's shot. I could portray some cookie-cutter kinda gal and maybe somedays I look like that. Now I wear heels to work, I go to work, I've had the same job and house for 3 years...I pay my bills, my car is licensced and insured...It's a trip! I have great friends and a relationship with my family. So many things to be grateful for.
So this is my Personal Ad
And HBM to all you awesome Bench Mondayers. I'm glad I jumped on the bandwagon after all ;) I hope my shot doesn't get kicked out today!
Now off to live with gratitude because gratitude is an action, and I hope I make someone smile today or bring light into a dark place in someone's life. You can say that is cliche and give me crap all you want, but alot off ppl hate their lives everyday because they can't quit getting high...I have empathy for that and don't wish that life upon anyone. So I hope everyone has an excellent Monday!
Powerful typography and provocative messaging collide in this immersive installation by conceptual artist Barbara Kruger at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. Known for her signature visual language that combines black-and-white imagery with bold, declarative text, Kruger here takes over the physical space itself—wrapping walls, floor, and ceiling with confrontational questions and commands rendered in high-contrast red, black, and white.
The photograph centers on a nondescript black door, over which hangs the question: “WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LAUGHED?” The white text is printed in Kruger’s familiar Futura Bold Oblique typeface, demanding immediate attention. Beneath the viewer’s feet (and printed upside-down from this vantage), her floor text begins to reveal itself: “VIOLENCE BECAUSE IT’S...”, suggesting more language continues beyond the frame. The wall-mounted words, partially visible to the left and right, reinforce the installation’s scale and enveloping nature.
Kruger’s text-based art functions like a billboard or protest sign—intentionally loud, visually arresting, and intellectually invasive. Her work critiques consumerism, gender dynamics, cultural power structures, and language itself. At the Hirshhorn, the entire gallery is transformed into a site-specific experience that forces visitors to consider how messaging and environment influence emotion, memory, and identity.
The composition of the image is minimalist yet packed with tension. The door, physically uninviting, becomes a psychological hinge—an exit, perhaps, from the relentless text, or maybe a metaphorical passageway to self-reflection. By anchoring the image around this black void, the viewer is asked to grapple not only with the content of the words, but also with their own absence of laughter—or, conversely, its recent presence. Kruger’s prompt isn’t rhetorical; it is pressing.
The installation is part of the Hirshhorn’s ongoing commitment to presenting contemporary artists who challenge norms and engage with modern life through critical, often uncomfortable questions. The artist’s deployment of language-as-architecture turns the museum from a passive display space into a thought-provoking experience—a place where introspection, dissent, and cultural interrogation unfold in bold capital letters.
Visitors may feel unsettled, invigorated, or amused. That’s the point. In an age of information saturation, Kruger’s insistence on clarity, intensity, and blunt confrontation is both timeless and urgently of the moment. Whether you laugh or not, you will remember.
The Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church of San Antonio, Texas, whose choir is seen here performing, is led by Dr. Jerry William Dailey:
Dr. Jerry William Dailey was born on June 25, 1953 in Anderson, Indiana to the late Dr. C.B. and Martha Dailey. Dr. Dailey moved at an early age with his parents and older brother to Jacksonville, Florida and there he attended the public schools of Duval County, graduating in 1971 from Andrew Jackson High School. Dr. Dailey then accepted a basketball scholarship from Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach Florida. During his junior year he attended the University of California at Berkley representing Bethune Cookman as a recipient of the Crown Zellerbach Foundation Scholarship. In 1975, after returning from California, he graduated with honors (cum laude) from Bethune-Cookman with a Bachelor of Science Degree with a major in Psychology. Dr. Dailey acknowledged the call into ministry at an early age and was licensed by his father, Rev. Dr. Charles C.B. Dailey at his home church, the First Baptist Church of Oakland, Jacksonville, Florida in August of 1973. Upon graduation from College he was accepted into the Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary (EBTS), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While in seminary he was mentored and trained by the late Dr. Frank B. Mitchell of the Pinn Memorial Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and became Dr. Mitchell's assistant. Dr. Dailey was the first member of his class called into the Pastorate while a student. Dr. Dailey was called and became the Pastor of the First African Baptist Church, Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania in August of 1977. He graduated from EBTS with a Master of Divinity Degree in May of 1979. Because of the magnitude of his ministry, Dr. Dailey received numerous honorary degrees inclusive of, the Doctor of Theology Degree - Guadalupe College, San Antonio, Texas, 1991; the Doctor of Divinity Degree - American International Bible Institute, Killeen, Texas, 1996; the Doctor of Divinity Degree from his Alma Mater, Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida, 2000. Prior to his coming to Macedonia in December of 1985, Dr. Dailey had two previous successful pastorates; First African Baptist Church, Sharon Hills, Pennsylvania from 1977-1982 and Greater St. James Baptist Church, Ft Worth, Texas from July 1982 - November 1985. Many accomplishments took place in both churches that remain at this time.
Pastor and Family
In November of 1985 Dr. Dailey was called to become Pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas and with his lovely wife and three little girls, he relocated to the city in December of the same year. Dr. Dailey is both a visionary and great spiritual leader. He has led Macedonia in Major renovation and building efforts. Under his leadership, over a dozen sons have either started their ministry or served under the ministry of our Pastor. Pastor D, as he is affectionately called, has established on-going discipleship ministries designed to equip believers for the work of the Lord by identifying spiritual gifts and developing a love relationship with the Lord, which became a spiritual marker for Macedonia. Pastor D implemented his vision of growing the church through Fulfillment Hour (Sunday Bible Study) to reach, teach, and minister to the needs of members and non-members, with immediate growth. Pastor D's compassion for the community compelled him to establish the Macedonia Community Development Corporation (CDC) which was incorporated and received nonprofit status in June 2002. He captured the spirit of Macedonia when he created the motto “A Church with an Exciting Ministry where Love is Intentional and Discipleship is our Goal." His contagious and enthusiastic leadership gave life to these words by taking ministry beyond the four walls of Macedonia through programs such as the Good Samaritan Food Ministry, feeding the homeless both physical and spiritual food through the Under the Bridge Ministry, Meals on Wheels, providing ministry for two nursing homes, and helping people where they hurt through the Restorative Justice Ministry. Pastor D also founded the Roland and Adolph Franklin Scholarship Fund to assist Macedonia’s college students with tuition up to four years. Pastor Dailey, wanting everything the Lord has for Macedonia, was led by the Holy Spirit to appoint the Board of Directors to aid him in the administration of church life in 2005. Pastor D is a third generation preacher and is much sought after as a preacher and teacher. Pastor D's community involvement has been numerous and beneficial to many. He has served as a Board Member, Alamo Branch of YMCA, Bexar County OIC, San Antonio City Zoning Commission; Member of Kappa Alpha Phi Fraternity; the San Antonio Chapter of NAACP; the San Antonio Police Civilian Advisory Board, 1996; and Chairman of the San Antonio City-Wide Revival (1987-1993) and 1999-2000). He was appointed by San Antonio’s City Council to serve on the first Police Civilian Advisory Board.
Pastor D's denominational services are many including: Serving as the First Vice Moderator of the Guadalupe Baptist District Association, First African American elected Moderator of the San Antonio Baptist Association (over 200 multi-cultural churches); Member of the Executive Board of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, Member of the Southern Baptist Convention; the National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. (NBCA), Member of the Executive Board, NBCA, Inc; Chairman of the Commission on Chaplaincy, NBCA, Inc., Instructor for NBCA and Congress of Christian Workers. He is a Former President of the San Antonio Baptist Ministers Union and Surrounding Vicinity, 1993-1998; Former Deputy Secretary of the National Baptist Foreign Mission Board, Former Chairman of Plans and Policy of San Antonio Baptist Association; Former Member of the Foreign Mission Board, NBCA, Inc.; Former Treasurer of the African-American Fellowship, Southern Baptist Convention; and San Antonio Gospel Music Workshop of America 1997 Pastor of the Year. Dr. Dailey received the 2000 MLK Distinguished Achievement Award Nominee from the city of San Antonio MLK Commission and Inducted in the 2002 Counting Your Blessings Hall of Fame. The first African American appointed to the Administrative Executive Board of the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT). Pastor D served as President of the African American Fellowship of the BGCT from 2003-2005 and was also honored as one of the Magnificent Alumnus (Top 100) at his Alma Mater Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida, in September 2005. His many awards and recognitions attest to the breadth of his service through the years.
He credits his mother, Mrs. Gwendolyn Dailey, who along with his father raised him, especially after the death of his birth mother, for constantly instilling in him, his two brothers and two sisters, the drive to become whatever they wanted to be in life.
Anyone who knows Pastor D knows that he preaches, teaches, and lives a family oriented life. The loves of his life are his wife of over 29 years, Janice Marie, a Bishop College graduate, whom you can hear anytime the gospel is proclaimed especially by her husband. She is the epitome of a true Pastor's wife and mother of their three daughters: Joy Marie, and her husband George Parks, Jr.; Jasmine Noelle, and her husband Anthony Gardner, Jr.; and Jerry Nicole. On May 02, 2008, Pastor D became a grandfather to Jairus William Gardner.
I'm never been much for purple, but it's slowly growing on me. Wouldn't you like to just dive into that deep purple bokeh in the top right-hand corner? No? Just me?
Also, if you have some time and want to watch something cheesy, in a good way, I recommend Fifty People, One Question. Then tell me what your two answers would be : ).
: think about this ...
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something has change
because of someone
something can be changed
by more....
than some one
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“Ask yourself…Is what I’m doing today, getting me closer to where I want to be tomorrow?”
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