DIVIDEND DIVERSION “Money Talks”. This notion has been long accepted in developing societies, and what’s more; it has been prioritized. The pursuit of accumulating monetary wealth is used to both define and predict how we live out our days. The work we do. The places we live. The things we buy. Money talks title. Money talks power. Money talks privilege. Money may talk, but it cannot speak. Speaking is a divine ability reserved for matters of the heart. Creativity speaks. Creativity uses the currency of energy to communicate in the universal language of Art. Creativity employs the tongue of passion to form the unwritten words in the dialect of feeling. Greed and industry continue to attempt to privatize and systemize that which is distinctly human. If humanity is to survive, we have to teach our money to do more than just talk. Money must learn to speak. Support for independent artists and the arts is much like the underpaid teacher: still doing the work, but can use a little help. Dividend Diversion is an opportunity for artists and supporters to gather in community and passion to show support and love for the creative lives we’re meant to live. To celebrate and to exchange with one another in a time we’re meant to be separated not only from our dollars, but from the very spirit that binds us to humanity.