Volunteering is cool

...and apparently, not a big draw for the local Houston art community. BBAP was lacking in volunteers for the event. So fellow artists, you owe them, big time.

But I got the chance to make a profound observation: volunteering for this project made me realize what jerks older white professional men are. Rarely (meaning like less than 10% of the demographic mentioned) did they stop to participate, blatantly ignoring me and sometimes using me as an opportunity to impress their colleagues with their wit and proceed to make fun of me, which was always lacking in actual humor. But whatever. Assholes.

Weirdly people also thought we wanted money, which I thought was also a very sad reflection on the Houston population in general. When I would say "Would you like to participate in this public art project for Houston," most people thought we were asking for money. Even when we would say, "All you have to do is blow up a balloon and draw a self portrait!" Still, they thought $.

Anyway, the collection was brutal and you had to suffer a lot of rejection and back handed ridicule, which is always nice. Artists need to be more downtrodden in this community since they get so much respect as is (notice laden sarcasm)!

But go ahead and treat yourself and go downtown and check out the wacky portraits on the balloons. Better hurry though, before they're all shriveled. And, yes, they are supposed to deteriorate, it's part of the art.