When we started working on Citizen Joy, we always assumed that we would be discovering people and organizations out there whose work involved tapping into the power of joy. Here are two examples I’ve discovered recently. First, there’s the work of Ingrid Fetell Lee, author of the 2019 book, The Aesthetics of Joy. On the […]
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Keeping Joy Alive
Political pundits of all persuasions are struggling to deal with the explosion of joy in Democratic ranks with Harris’ ascension to the nomination. It didn’t take long for them to start questioning what they claimed was a lack of “policy” coming from the Harris campaign. They warned that it was just not possible for a […]
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Joy Takes Center Stage
When we first conceived Citizen Joy late last winter, we were looking at a political landscape that was far from joyful. Donald Trump’s campaign of negativity was on a roll, and there were growing concerns about Biden’s ability to win. People were not happy with government in general. In January 2024, Gallup polling showed that […]
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The Legacy of “Bucky” Fuller
R. Buckminster Fuller, an innovative American architect, inventor, and philosopher, championed the concept “Emergence By Emergency,” influencing societal inventions through necessity, exemplified by his Geodesic Dome.
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In the beginning…
Citizen Joy! was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all performers and artists had something to say about democracy. Jeff Raz is the founder of this project. YOU are the content contributors. Stand by for more exciting news in days ahead. Project launch date: 7/27/24 #citizenjoy
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