These words could save your life!

One day while driving in traffic I was behind a young man (in a moderately sporty car) emblazoned with words on the back windshield that said … “Exercise Everyday!” it got me thinking. It was admirable, I mused, that he chose to promote something positive instead of some baseless message. Its perhaps uncommon (nowadays).

Then my thoughts turned to Art and its power to move people emotionally and to influence them intellectually. Much of my art is concerned with just that (mostly emotional). In the viewer, I want to stir something or touch some place in awakening it. Perhaps not all of us, being different, will appreciate the same kinds of Art but surely most of us can connect to the human condition that seeks to bask in the warmth of the creative spark.

Art has the power to influence. Artist(e)s must responsibly use the influence they have.
So in my small way I wanted to bring you this message.

Remember to get your mammogram!! Have your prostate examined!! and do what ever else to make sure you are well. If you do not care about you then it’s hard to ask other people to. Right now we are in an economic crisis and many people are sidelining their own wellbeing in the pursuit of simply getting by. Don’t put aside your own quality of life for getting by right now.

If you get a mammogram done and there is an abnormality HAVE IT TESTED! If you feel a small lump and you know it doesn’t belong HAVE IT TESTED. If the doctor tells you not to worry about it. GET A SECOND OPPINION WHICH YOU SHOULD ALWAYS ANYWAY! This has saved people and on the reverse not following up can have bad!! consequences.

Guys you may not like it but if you know you’re at risk do your check-ups on your prostate. Feel your balls for stuff that doesn’t belong! I remember registering for a doctor in the UK and having her ask me "have you ever heard of Testicular self examination?" I said no what is that… she explained and I said oh yeah … I know that ..Tom Green made a song about it. [Tom Green is a Canadian comedian (used to be on MTV) who was diagnosed with testicular cancer].

Awareness might be half the battle but following through with actions makes all the difference. So what ever it is that you know you should be doing (like wrapping it up when you’re getting down).. DO IT! Visit and support a local museum of Art and get lost in the beauty of life.

Oh and last but certainly not least (since hypertension and heart disease are leading killers)

EXCERCISE EVERYDAY!