It's a Big World...

... and, like a dope, I've been ignoring almost 99% of it.

The Kony 2012 video was an eye opener. Not only to Joseph Kony's atrocities but to my own naive outlook on the world.

I didn't even know where Uganda was on a map of Africa. How embarrassing...

So I figured out where Uganda is. Then I realized, "I don't really know much geography beyond the United States. Wait. Beyond California..."

I need to step outside my bubble. Not just regarding social issues, current events, the history of the world, religious conversations... but regarding music, art, theater, poetry... We live during an amazing period in human history where everything you could ever hope to learn is right at your fingertips. And we owe it to ourselves to diversify. Because tomorrow's world will be filled with a generation of informed citizens that has benefited from this instantly accessible wealth of knowledge...

... at least I hope so.

Haters gonna hate...

I posted a song about Kony 2012 on YouTube.

The exchange below took place in the comments...

I'm actually a pretty big fan of my reply.

I'm also proud to have elicited an opinion from someone, even if it was a negative one.

Back to the drawing board I guess. Wait. No. Not back to the drawing board because of the comment. Back to the drawing board because I want to get better for me. Screw what anyone else has to say. Because haters wanna hate... and there's nothing you can do once they get going but make art of which you're proud.

Kony 2012- Continued

Whoa. Kony 2012 has opened up a can of worms. I was swept up. Then swept down. But now, having watched the video almost 48 hours ago and read numerous blogs and informational sites on the topic (including Invisible Children’s response to the backlash), I can firmly say that I support the movement. But I also need to take it upon myself to be much more pro-active about becoming educated about the injustices being perpetrated around the world.

Here is a great website that is furthering the Joseph Kony discussion. It’s our responsibility to sift through the information and base our decisions on reliable sources of information, which is a difficult task in today’s “over-information age” (thanks, Young the Giant).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2012/mar/08/kony-2012-what-s-the-story?fb=native 

Kony 2012

My good friend Kris shared a video about Kony 2012 on Facebook, and it changed the course of my night. I was going to listen to the new Andrew Bird on Spotify, play some guitar, watch Sportscenter, and go to sleep.

Now, I've watched the video and can't help but think that I'm about to become a part of something that will change the course of human history.

There's the tease. Now, please, watch the video... Hopefully, it will change the course of your day, night, life...





Kony 2012