Thank you so much for your lovely note! I sincerely hope your schedule allows you to attend one of these upcoming events, but if not, yes, please send your input…

Your comment made my week.

Although the widespread focus is on every and anyone who loves/hates the city (us all), I’m so glad that this is born out of an artistic endeavor.

I really think that artists are the right people to be asking because we are the culture generators in our cities. We have the gift, community, and responsibility to create a detailed visual image of what is possible. We can strongly inspire or seriously dishearten our audience with our messages and need to be very aware of the impact we can have.

BCL has made giving a shit about Windsor a youthful, intelligent and conceptual ongoing project that continues to gain momentum and I can’t wait to see what’s next.

Just wanted to say that I’m proud.

Keep close,
Sara

Thank you for the congrats, and I hope we’ll get to see you out for (at least) one of the events! Storytelling can be incredibly powerful to both understand one another and, I really think, understand ourselves and how we think about / define / and interact with place and locality.

Thanks for the links, I think you’re completely right, that a lot of the things that can make storytelling on an individual or collective level makes a lot of sense for local businesses as well — and it’s true, any business, gallery, park, band, book, or restaurant that I hear about comes with a story about how someone else encountered it in the first place, and it’s that kind of connection that can be a way into something new for someone else.

Oh, also, this project isn’t based on any kind of model per se, but certainly takes a number of other art projects as reference points. We really just looked at what we want to know and discover and define about this city and framed these events around it.

Otherwise, congrats on the initiative, everywhere I turn, I find that the answer to so many questions is the importance of telling our stories. We’ve just begun to realize this and I’m hoping some very cool announcements that may compliment your initiative quite nicely.

I know the business aspect is off topic but storytelling is the same strategy organizations that represent local independent businesses advocate. Organizations like BALLE (http://www.livingeconomies.org) and AMIBA (www.amiba.net) say it will also save our economy.

Thank you BCL