| ...,Dee & Tiny Speaks
Poor1s Projects
(This is the first in a series of columns
about the life/art of Dee & Tiny, who
before they were co-editors of POOR
magazine ,created wacky conceptual
and video art installations, weaving irony
and humor into the tragedy as a survival
mechanism)
The Family thought that Dee
&
Tiny and Mom and Dad
and their eleven brothers
and
sisters were sailing on in
the
Bermuda triangle, capsized,
killing
everyone but Dee & Tiny
who were found
holding onto Dad1s hydro-poly
gold club suit jacket and
rescued by a
Hindu Tamal coast guard cutter
and brought to San Francisco
where they sold painted clothing
on the street for 17 years
and saved
$780.00 dollars..
Now........ The rain pelted their small cracked windshield like
thick molasses, dripping down the center of a stack of hot glassy pancakes,
Dee & Tiny let out occasional yelps of terror as speeding trucks would
send a shudder through their 1979 subcompact as it fought to stay near
the dividing lanes of the Oakland Bay Bridge .Once again, Dee & Tiny
faced danger and spit in it's eye determined, against all odds, to house
the homeless artists and writers of POOR who were in desperate need of
permanent, safe living quarters., i.e., to acquire a site for "the intentional
community project "aka" "the POOR HOUSE"
(see poor projects for more info)Yet, after a never ending
trail of appointments with potential
landlords, not, withstanding the wrath of El Nino, Dee & tiny due
to their lack of "suitable" credit references, or the large sums required
for move-in fees that went way over Dee & Tiny's meager budget were
still in search of "a place"
Suddenly, Dee & Tiny have the amazing revelation that they, Dee
& Tiny, should tell the truth about a certain federal official and
them They decide definitely to call all the newspapers and admit
that they did not have a sexual relationship with President Bill Clinton,
and even if they are called to testify before the grand jury, they will
still not admit it. They then begin to worry about all the talk shows on
which they will have to appear and the money that they will reluctantly
accept, the million dollar offers from PENTHOUSE for scantily clad pictorials,
which they will have to refuse, of course. The news shows; 20/20, Face
the
Nation, The Lehr Report, Oprah..But then, Dee & Tiny realize
everything is a trade -off; they must forfeit their adored privacy
for the potential cash just so they can make the "intentional
community project" a reality.................................. |
Poor's Projects
*The POORHOUSE*
a transitional/permanent housing project combining long-term housing, job
skills training, literary and visual arts work shops and micro economics
education for at-risk or homeless adults and children. Within the context
of POOR magazine's alternative solutions to poverty, The POORHOUSE is a
solution in action, i.e., through community support ,economic and emotional
stability will thrive. For this project we need a kind landlord or homeowner
to donate an apartment or house to the project ( we can pay monthly rent
through a Shelter +Care program) or a
donation of the 1st and last months rent needed for move-in fees
*POOR Vol#3 "WORK"*
(and job skills training program)
The "work" issue of POOR will be examining the definition of work;What
is Work?, Panhandling as a profession, Welfare to Workfare and the insider
perspective on the Real POST-Welfare America, Micro economic savings circles
in the US and Haiti, Sex workers of color who are organizing, The working
poor and their non-working vehicles, as well as many more beautiful works
of art and literature from the youth and adult writers of POOR One of the
goals of this project is to create actual jobs in publishing and production
through a computer literacy and job skills training program, thereby, in
the tradition of POOR, solving a "WORK" problem through the creation of
the "WORK" issue - For this project we are in desperate need of computers;
MAC's or PC's as well as funding for the production and salaries. Please
contact POOR if you have any computers or $$ $contributions.....
*POVERTY STUDIES/EMPATHY EDUCATION*
study project for interested students or professionals in poverty education,
etc. please contact POOR for more info.
*Ad/Sponsor program
If you buy advertising you will be creating access for a capital poor micro-business
to advertise with POOR
*Micro economic
Savings Program
Based on the Bank of Grameen as an alternative form of credit, asset building
for impoverished communities.
"Mothers" The
Pre-publishing seminar
The next series of workshops will focus on the role of Mother through therapeutic/creative
process. For the mother, adult daughter or son. |
