joining us now is artist, social activist, shepard fairey. mr.ou for taking time to be here this evening, it's an honor to have you here. >> thanks for having me. happy to be here. >> what are you planning for 2024, what effect are you hoping that it will have? >> i'm part of a group called artists for democracy, which is under the umbrella of people for the american way, and a group of us, me and several other artists are all hoping to save democracy, to keep trump from being re-elected, and to preserve the systems that allow us to participate meaningfully and move toward a better future. i think the arts can really help to connect people with big ideas, important big picture concepts that resonate emotionally, and the arts help to define civilization, and they can help to save it, that's what we're trying to do. note civilization, as we know it, without democracy. >> you're not a stranger to this kind of work, either conceptually, i know a lot of these concepts undergird your work in general, but also in these efforts around election and around