I can't believe I've tweeted 10,000 times...Wow. I guess I've had a lot to tweet about. I can't remember what my first tweet was but I'm sure it wasn't memorable. I started twitter to promote my art but little did I know what an impact it would have on my life. I've met in person many new friends, tweeted with celebs, directors of movies, rock stars, inspirational people, other artists, and interesting people from all over the world. A simple little 140 characters or less can be pretty powerful. So as I was approaching my monumental 10,000th tweet, I wanted to make sure it was an important one. It had to have some meaning...after all, it was under a bit of pressure. It was carrying a title and had to live up to it.
I thought about the power of Twitter and what could I tweet about that could make a difference. I am very passionate about Plastic Pollution in the oceans. I see the devastation it is causing and how it affects all of us...not just the people who live by the beaches like me. Every piece of trash that sits in a gutter eventually makes it's way to water. A lake, a stream, an ocean. It kills our wildlife. Maybe you don't care about animals and sea life. What does it have to do with me, you may ask? Do you eat fish? What do you think they are eating? Tiny bits of plastic...so, now you and I and our children are eating toxins.
So I started thinking...my 10,000th tweet had to be about this.
Here is what I tweeted:
Pick up 1 piece of trash, could you imagine if everyone did this? Please RT and tweet when you have #onepieceoftrash
So I hope the power of Twitter will take hold and spread across the world tweet by tweet and each person will stop and pick up one, or two or three pieces of trash they see each day...then maybe the Great Pacific Garbage Patch will shrink...then disappear. This is my hope.
