Another image-heavy and thought-provoking letter on Tuesday.  We are in the field with volunteer opportunities and working within the communities we want to serve, bringing joy and information in a five-minute word salad for your soul.  Today, Senator Mark Warner wants to know what you are for.  Ryan Newburn went from Omaha, Nebraska, to Iceland to out image midjourney, and artist Tom Gauld can't outrun reality.  Finally, the Canadian band Metric released their eighth album while now losing any alt-rock energy.

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While multitasking today, the Pivot Podcast with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway played, and the interview today was with Senator Mark Warner.  The discussion focused on technology and government and included topics like online safety, TikTok, and AI.  Toward the end of the interview, they talked about some of the challenges to moving legislation and getting things done, and Senator Warner commented, "What are you for?  We know what you are against, but we can't move forward until we know what you are for."  The statement was more specific to government and compromise, but it made us think about many conversations between people in today's environment.  Think about any challenging conversations you've had over the last few months.  Were you expressing ideas or information about something you believe in or want to move forward?  Or were you describing what you are against, what's wrong with how things are going, and whose fault it is? 

The saying goes, "If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything."  These days, if you don't stand for something, if you don't believe, you will fight with everyone about nothing.

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In the age of AI, midjourney and Adobe's Firefly are creating fantastic images.  Ryan Newburn proves that there’s nothing better than the real thing.  COLOSSAL brings the story about Newburn and the photos he takes of new ice caves in Iceland.  The photos are stunning.

Artist Tom Gauld delivers a timely message as [debt] sky begins to fall…

Metric recently released their eighth studio album called Formentera.  Metric similar to Sum 41 are from Canada, and both bands have been active in the business for over 25 years.  It's said that 90% of all small businesses fail within the first 5 years.  Our assumption is that the failure rate is even higher for rock bands.  Metric continues to defy the odds and does whatever than wants.  The hometown paper, the Toronto Star, has a good spotlight on the band and the new album.

Relationships.

Click on the Apple Music image to listen to the song on Apple Music or on the Spotify Image to listen to Spotify.

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