Activism

A policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal

Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. This action is in support of, or opposition to, one side of an often controversial argument.

One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.

I'll address this issue now because it appears to have made a considerable contribution to my failure. My previous ideas about putting work in a supermarket would have been 'militant action', I did not go through with them because of this. I don't like confrontation.
I aim to bring about social awareness that may eventually lead to social change. I don't agree with the above definition that states;
"This action is in support of, or opposition to, one side of an often controversial argument."
Is that to say that campaigning peacefully for things like animal rights and PEACE is controversial? People that would percieve my work as activism are people who eat meat, vegetarians find it humorous. It would be hard to set aside your personal feelings when looking at my work, if you eat meat you will think it's kind of stupid (that is the impression I got).

I am poking fun at people that eat meat, not trying to get them to stop. That would be hypocritical when my own family hunt and farm animals, I'm not going to tell them to stop doing it, I think its great that they hunt for their food. It's a personal descision what you choose to eat and I'm not about to go and preach to people my opinion of what they should and shouldn't put in their mouth, I just want to highlight issues associated with it. If I had been aware of the impact farming had on the earth, or the conditions that some animals were kept in I would have becpme vegetarian a long time ago. I just want to make the information available for people if they are curious and that is why my projection gives the viewer the CHOICE to see it or not. Even then my text is from a meat eater's perspective, only twisted slightly by changing the colour to highlight positive words.

If I am an activist then everyone is to some degree. People are very critical of others that hold strong beliefs, if I mention vegetarianism; the same as if somebody christian mentions God, I get accused of trying to force it down people throats. Mass media in doing this is never accused of it. Sigh.