Shooting and Mosaics

Yesterday was a little unusual, as a bunch of mayors and rabbis and other government workers from over in NJ and some here from Brooklyn were gathered up and taken away. The cameras were shooting press conferences and speeches, capping off a day that involved 300 FBI agents. 

In a metropolitan area so massive that eight million people ride the subway every day, you might expect there's going to be a bit of money laundering. But the roster of politicians and religious leaders involved, and the human organ buying and selling ring was a bit of a surprise. Obviously the spreading corruption has deep roots somewhere in this mosaic of many cultures. 

Brooklyn is an endless mosaic. Two blocks from here you can find a couple weightless people shooting up, walking in circles yelling at themselves, just like Victoria. Two blocks the other way and they are shooting a movie with Drew Barrymore. Two blocks another way was the scene of a different kind of shooting the other week - an undercover police operation turned very unfortunate. This happened while we were at Coney Island, where a pink gorilla was shooting free t-shirts from a gun.

I came a cross this woman in Carroll Gardens who is spreading joy and hope through her art, by mosaic-ifying her entire world. I joined others who were shooting pictures.