be your own masterpiece

Jan Van Raay and her Octopus Piece, for SoHo Artists' Day, 1977.

Girls drink water from a toilet fountain, SoHo Artists' Day, 1977.

Toskan Bayrak Children's Crusade to impeach Nixon on Mercer Street: crosses with U.S. servicemen's names and skull protest Vietnam War, 1974.

Toskan Bayrak Children's Crusade to impeach Nixon with nude dancer on Mercer Street, 1974. We need more nude dancers on our streets.

allan tannenbaum, new york in the seventies.

Is this the same SoHo? Keep the creative juices flowing.

hello + welcome.

Be adventurous, be afraid, be amusing, be authentic, be angry, be annoying, be anxious, be bold, be brave, be bright, be compassionate, be confident, be content, be courageous, be creative, be dynamic, be emotional, be enthusiastic, be exuberant, be fearless, be forward, be friendly, be game, be generous, be gentle, be grateful, be gritty, be gutsy, be helpful, be honest, be humble, be humorous, be imaginative, be inquisitive, be intuitive, be inventive, be jubilant, be kind, be lionhearted, be loud, be loving, be mindful, be needed, be open, be original, be passionate, be patient, be persevering, be positive, be proud, be present, be real, be receptive, be sensitive, be shy, be sincere, be spirited, be spontaneous, be still, be thoughtful, be tolerant, be truthful, be uncertain, be understanding, be unique, be vocal, be vulnerable, be willing, be yourself. Fight the urge to merge. WHY BE TIMID!?

look forward by looking backwards.

Come celebrate indomitable spirit. When realness is undervalued and having your own point of view is a risk, so much of what we see, hear and do ends up being someone else's response. By having a greater understanding of where we’ve been and by experiencing others who haven’t hid their light, we become freer to move about our own cabin. Blending is blah. Connect with something greater.