ANTI-RACIST COLORING BOOK

America won’t become a Post-Racist society until after it becomes an Anti-Racist one.

That’s why I created my Anti-Racist Coloring Book. I’m destining it to be the one source in America (the world?) where the beauty, infinite possibilities of the Whole Amazing Human Spectrum is celebrated.

CAN THIS BUTTON END RACISM?

NO...BUT IT'S A START.

And a very good one. When I designed and produced this button a few months ago, I admit I didn't think it was a big deal. After all, how much can  3 inch button do?

Well, I found out. Hundreds of people have bought it. I've had people stop me on the street, the bus, the L-train and compliment me on its message. I tell them that if they really like it, and believe its message, they should buy it...and wear it.

Many have done just that. With a smile.


My pitch? I tell them the racists and white supremacists are not shy. They let everybody know what they believe. They dominate the newspapers, magazines, tv shows, the Internet and social media  with their hate for humans who don't look, act, believe and think exactly like them..

And most of us just sit around silent, hoping they'll go away.

So I created my "We're All Colored" button to show there are a lot more of US who believe in equality and the beauty of the whole amazing Human Spectrum than ones that don't.  But nobody knows it unless we show them.

Now I'm hoping that institutions, businesses, organizations, churches, non-profits and groups dedicated to human equality and justice will purchase "We're All Colored People" buttons and make them available to their members, employees and others. To find out more, just email me at Lowellt@hotmail.com.

Thanks.

CAN THIS BUTTON STOP RACISM?

NO...BUT IT'S A START.
And a very good one. When I designed and produced this button about a month ago, I must admit I didn't think it was a big deal. After all, how much can  3 inch button do?

Well, a lot actually. All kinds of folks are buying it. But you don't have to take my word for it. Go to my FaceBook page and you'll see them. These are just a few of the folks who've bought my "We're All Colored People" button. Others are shy.

But I tell them. the racists and white supremacists are not shy. They let everybody know what they believe. I created my button to show there are a lot more of US who believe in equality and the beauty of the whole amazing Human Spectrum. But nobody knows it unless we show them.

How to be the first kid on your block with your very own signed "Some Of My Best Friends Are Colored" human coloring kit:

The SOMBFAC Human Coloring Kit includes:
A. One 11" X 14" Page One Coloring sheet.
B. One box of human skin-colored crayons
C. One box of basic color crayons
D. Eight letter size portrait coloring sheets
E. One SOMBFAC Mission Statement

As an incentive to order soon, I'm personally signing my half of the  Page One SOMBFAC Coloring Page on the first 100 orders. The person who colors it signs the other half, takes a shot of the finished piece and emails it to moi at: lowellt@hotmail.com. It's then a candidate for my "Some of My Best Friends Are Colored" blog. It's also eligible to be in my ongoing SOMBFAC Never Ending Art Show.

Just send a check for $20 + $5 shipping & handling to: Lowell Thompson, P.O. Box 408343, Chicago IL, 60640-8343. Or send it to me via PayPal: lowellt@hotmail.com.
Be sure to include your mailing and emailing address.

T'WAS THE MONTH BEFORE XMAS AND...

...all through my studio I wuz putting together my first "Some Of My Best Friends Are Colored" Human Coloring Kits. And you can be the first kid on your blo...I mean on your planet...to own one.

The SOMBFAC Human Coloring Kit includes:
A. One 11" X 14" Page One Coloring sheet.
B. One box of human skin-colored crayons
C. One box of basic color crayons
D. Eight letter size portrait coloring sheets
E. One SOMBFAC Mission Statement

And, as an incentive to order soon, I'm personally signing my half of the  Page One SOMBFAC Coloring Page on the first 100 orders. The person who colors it signs the other half, takes a shot of the finished piece and emails it to moi at: lowellt@hotmail.com. It's then a candidate for my "Some of My Best Friends Are Colored" blog. It's also eligible to be in my ongoing SOMBFAC Never Ending Art Show.

Just send a check for $20 + $5 shipping & handling to: Lowell Thompson, P.O. Box 408343, Chicago IL, 60640-8343. Or send it to me via PayPal: lowellt@hotmail.com.
Be sure to include your mailing and emailing address.

But do it soon. As they say, "Xmas is a - comin'....and...

A COLORFUL HOLIDAY!

I've been working to get my "Some Of My Best Friends Are Colored" Human Coloring Book out by the holidays. Well I my Cover page is almost ready for prime time! You'll be able to get it with specially selected Human Colored Crayons soon. Please stand (or sit) by.

I'M BACK ON SOMBFAC!

For those of you who came to my "Some Of My Best Friends Are Colored" PoP-Up studio event last year, I've got some bad and some good news:

First, the bad news: Chicago Community Trust, which sponsored the great event last year at Emerald City Coffeehouse in Uptown, Chicago, decided not to sponsor it any further. Why? They told me someone(s) at CCT were afraid of the word "Colored". Someday, remind me to expound on this, but not now. I'm on to bigger and better things.

Now, the good news: After spending the last year working on other projects, including publishing my world-shaking ebook, "Branding Humans: Selling White Supremacy to America", I'm now back to my SOMBFAC project full-time. Look at the new logo I'm working on.  Please stay tuned as I develop the coloring book, a new pop-up event, an exhibition and who knows what else. I'm even looking for an app developer to turn it into a coloring book app. Any ideas?

CAN A COLORING BOOK SAVE CHICAGO?

We'll see, May 15, 2017, 4pm - 8pm at Emerald City, Uptown. 1224 W. Wilson. To find out more about moi and my rationale for SOMBFAC, check out the excellent article in America Magazine by Judith Valente,https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2017/05/05/can-coloring-book-help-heal-chicagos-racial-divide

MAY 15. EMERALD CITY, UPTOWN. CHICAGO. 4-8 PM

Call me crazy (you wouldn't be the first), but I think this may be the most important event to happen in Chi-Town since...since...er...ummm...ever. It's my latest (some say "greatest") attempt to save America...from itself. I'm starting right here in my home town, Chicago because it's known by many as the most segregated big city in the USA. If I can save the Windy City, the rest of the country should be a breeze.

Come and color, listen to me blab about my world-shaking ideas, You could even win a mini-copy of "Some Of My Best Friends Are Colored", the world's first Human Coloring Book. If you miss it, you'll hate yourself in the morning...and every morning for the rest of your life...maybe.

CHICAGO COLORS

OK, it's finally official. My first SOMBFAC Pop-Up Experience is actually happening! May 15, 2017 at Emerald City, Uptown. Please stay tuned for more info.

SOMBFAC - THE MEDIA EMPIRE?

One of the tests I used to use in the ad game to tell if an idea I just had was any good was if others quickly came up with ways to extend - if it had "legs". Well, by that criterion, my "Some Of My Best Friends Are Colored" concept has limbs like Usain Bolt.

I'm working like crazy to get the coloring book ready for early next year.

I've already told you about the Chicago foundations/sponsors considering helping get my SOMBFAC Pop-Up Studio/Gallery off the drawing pad. Then Sharon Harper, the local radio/tv hostess, suggested maybe I should do a TV show with Tommy, the young EurAm comedian in the photo with moi at Emerald City, Uptown I put on my Facebook page about a week ago.

Now I'm getting thoughts of an ongoing podcast, a reality Tv/radio show - maybe even a feature film. All would work toward the original goal of creating a new "Whole Human Race" culture that finally proves that the current idea that human species can be divided into black or white is not only wrong, but potentially devastating to humankind. Please stay tuned.

SOMBFAC POP-UP

I forgot to actually add a new post for the image of the "Some Of My Best Friends Are Colored" Pop-Up Gallery/Studio I put up yesterday. It's actually just my first quicky PhotoShop sketch of what it might look like. I'm talking to a few funders/sponsors right now about the details of where the first one would...er...ummm..."pop-up". All I know at this point is that it will probably be here in Chicago. I'm lobbying for somewhere in the Loop. But we'll see. Please stay tuned.

ON CHICAGO'S "MAD MILE".

I just got the photo above from Brianna Riddle, a photog who snapped it a few weeks ago. I was there to make America safe for Colored People. (I dubbed it the Mad Mile years ago when I plied my trade as one the the first...er...ummm..."melanated Mad men".

SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE COLORED AT CBX!

I just got in under the wire for Chicago Book Expo 5.
It's happening again this year at Columbia College, Sunday,  Nov. 13,
1104 S. Wabash, 12 noon - 5pm.

I squeaked in because they've decided to focus on small presses and publishers this year.
But once they heard about, "Some of My Best Friends Are Colored" they
opened up a spot. I'll have the shirt-pocket version of SOMBFAC and some
individual full-size pages. I'll see you there.

Http://ChicagoBookExpo.org

Meanwhile...back at the studio...

I'm planning to publish my first, "Some of My Best Friends Are Colored" AllMerican Coloring Book on King Day, 2017. I'm working on portraits right now, even as I blog. So, I'll use this blog to post pieces of my progress. But, for those of you who just can't wait, I'm also posting some of  the paintings I've done over the years in my "Chicago Fer Real" and my "Down In Uptown Series". And, if you ask me nicely, I might even unwrap one or two of my "ORIGINAALS Specials".

An Idea Whose Time is Way...Way...Overdue.

It's long past time for the world (and the United States of America in particular) to admit the mistake of thinking the incredible spectrum of the human race can be divided into "black" or "white". I created  "Some of My Best Friends Are Colored" to begin the process. I'm working on an exhibit, a coloring book and other materials that explain how and why we got into our current racial mess...and my ideas on how to get out.

Since I live in Chicago, the consequences of our historic failures are bloodily obvious. I just hope I'm not too late.