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In the short film "For the Confetti" NY artist Stephen Mead looks at wedding vows in an historical context, how the words of these vows have changed very little over the course of time. Given the debates over Same Sex Marraige over the past few years, this film, by presenting the vows, asks those opposed to Same Sex Marraige to truly reflect, examine their views in the context of spirituality. When they are seeking to deny others the vows "to have & to hold, to love, cherish & respect" in a loving commitment to another human being, are these opponents coming from a place of knee-jerk reaction or have they truly searched their consciences in order to exactly understand what they seek to deny others? Using music, artwork and a montage of film footage, "For the Confetti" hopes to go beyond stubborn angry & fearful stances to create an atmophere of open-heartedness which will allow true generoisty of the spirit to lovingly expand, to embrace basic decency and goodness while living up to the Constitutional Creed: We are all created equal, given certain unalienable rights, among these being, life, love and the pursuit of happiness.

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Jay Smooth has been bringing his well versed thoughts to You Tube for a while now via his hip hop blog, ill doctrine. Check out his latest vid in which he addresses the issue of being gay in the hip hop world. He leaves us with wisdom that sounds like it came straight from the mouth of Common's Pops on the last track of Be, check it out:

"But what can one person do?," is a question so many of us ask ourselves when faced with atrocities in the world. The artist, Stephen Mead, is no exception, and with this film he attempts giving witness to some of those atrocities, attempts to give them a voice. Woven like a thread of hope amid images of torture and hate crimes victims, are digitally re-conceived reels of whirling dervishes and buddhist monks. The message of the film is stark, but also one which recognizes what solace is in the words: keeping faith.