Positive gets a bad rap. Pollyanna. Naive. Pipe dream.
Critical people are often seen as smart. Discerning. More in tune.
Truth is, it's often harder to be positive, to step over the ease of doing nothing because there is no use. I like positive people.
Edwin Gil is one of those people. A visual artist who transformed a youthful rebellious streak into an adult rebellious (or activist) streak that says "This does not have to be the way it is," he is using what he knows, art, to bring awareness of the growing problem of HIV/AIDS in the Latino community. He is speaking out when so many others are holding it in. He's tweeting. He's posting on facebook. And he's painting. And his paintings are cool.
I met him through his upcoming new exhibition, "Positive Art.". Who knew painting could be brave?
