War Awarness Art

Ehren Tool is my new hero. Unfortunately I heard about him just a few days short of being able to meet him at the Museum Of Contemporary Craft in Portland, OR where he was part of an artist residency titled Gestures of Resistance. Since then I've searched him out on the internet and read all the articles I could find and viewed the images of his work in the peace of my own home. How fortunate we citizens of this country are to be isolated from the ugliness of war. If we don't want to see it we simply shut the TV off. That is if the media even bothers to cover any of the horrific stories that are going on far, far away. We are complacent while young lives are cut short. Consider the potential that is lost everyday and the lives left behind that are changed forever.

I've had the chance to thank Ehren by email and I will follow his journey and with luck our paths will cross and I will be able to thank him in person. He told me if I have a chance to meet him to introduce myself and be prepared for a big hug. I'll hold you to that Ehren. Till then keep up the great work.

Dedicated to Sgt. Brian P. Scott
My hero, my brother and my greatest friend. I miss you so much.