Thanks for the birthday wishes you have already wished me happy birthday. Here is another famous image from the Art-as-a-Present Collection. A word or note. Although they look like regular magazine pictures they are actually not always that. Sometimes I went all over the city looking for European magazines. I saw a lot of Australian ones actually. But I was mostly interested in England and France. It is the final day of the LIkea-thon and MY actual birthday. If you have sent me birthday wishes please say hi and join the event. DOn't just click interessed. You have to join. Because you are my friend. Because you wished me Happy Birthday.
Before posters The arts in a poor community When I moved into the downtown sector the plateau Montreal was a very poor community Although the community was very poor it was densely populated. There were a lot of dry goods establishments mixed with a fair amount of family tolerated prostitution. The police sergeant had taken it upon himself to clean up the area so there were a lot of sponsored artistic establishments Mostly beginning dressmakers. These were young designers that needed a lot of cheap space and fast and they were willing and able to physically fight for their career. They had many ethnic grocery stores that promoted regional fruits and vegetables four different kinds of cooking needs. You had Portuguese you had English you had Chinese etc. These culturally diverse grocery stores exist to this very day. You also had a lot of temporary space that could be rented very cheaply for performance. It is from these performances can I tak...

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