How to live (or not) in a bubble

A huge component of what I do as an artist is work to build community. This past November, I had a chance to speak at TEDxRochester. This was actually my second time doing this. The first was just over four years ago at the first TEDxRochester event. I spoke then about my method of community-building through public art projects. And of course, anyone following my blog knows I'm in the middle of one such project (Balloon Manor) now. I was thrilled to be invited to speak again.

This time, I decided to make it a little more personal. Rather than addressing  the art that I use in these community-building efforts, I spoke more about why I feel the need to do it at all. The video of that talk was just posted online, and I want to share it with the large community of artists that I'm part of here.

httpv://youtu.be/2-Z7X5zI0N8

The organizer of TEDxRochester, Tony Karakashian, posted his thoughts on this on the TEDxRochester blog.

I'd love to hear all of your thoughts on this. Thanks.