Updated Wednesday, Nov. 28 10:30 am! We’ve arrived ahead of schedule, crossing the $15,000 goal this morning, when I was estimating tonight midnight. Now we press on to $25,000!! Congrats to everybody who has gotten behind this wonderful campaign. Power to the people —  and special thanks to the second  $1000 donor who hit us out of the blue this morning. I had intended to be the one to put Harun over the $15,000 but I’m so pleased to step aside for this person. We will feature both $1000 donors on AOC, if s(he) wishes.  xoxo Anne

Previously Monday night:

I so love then and now stories, when well-deserved success is on the horizon and the artistic cream is rising to the top. Last Monday, I thankfully intercepted a post on my FB home page regarding Harun Mehmedinovic’s Kickstarter campaign.

Admittedly, I was on a bit of a guilt trip with Harun, having reached out to him for an interview after seeing his work on Vogue Italia -- and then going awol, being in over my head with work and political activist obligations.

Unlike several low-level photographers who have kicked my beautful butt recently for not posting their editorials sooner or at all, Harun was so gracious with me. (I kid you not. Not only has my derriere been kicked for not posting soon enough, I’ve been dismissed as a sexual prude — yes ME — for refusing to publish sensual images of 14 year old girls. And this comes from a ‘friend’ who tells me I must fight the Taliban with his sexy images of young girls who want to be models when they grow up. Must not!)

WE Went to Work for Harun Memmedinovic on Kickstarter

When I saw this opportunity to clear my own conscience for lack of follow-through and support such a talented artist as Harun Mehmedinovic, WE went to work.

I say WE, because I so love charts. And from the moment I wrote Kickstarter: Anne Loves Harun Mehmedinovic’s Bloodhoney* Seance, the charts began moving. Today, I will really start pounding the pavement for this project, so that Harun moves not only through his $15,000 goal — which is enough to print 200 copies of this fabulous book, but raises $25,000 for 500 copies.

Chariots of Fire | The Unyielding Pursuit of Excellence

Before I sound like a wildly egotistical person — which I am in a ‘Chariots of Fire’ sort of way — let me be the first to say that the correlation between pledges to Harun’s campaign and OUR involvement in it may be purely coincidental. The fact that pldeges shot up the days the campaign was featured on AOC’s front page, and then leveled off some — but still excellent — may be pure coincidence. Being the business manager type that I am, I asked Harun if the campaign had been featured on Kickstarter. The answer is ‘no’.

Several of us have been spreading the Harun Mehmedinovic love on Facebook — which is driving about 1/3 of the contributions so far. But I think AOC can hold our head very proudly here, if my business acumen at reading charts is worth a damn. AOC entered Harum’s campaign on Nov. 19, one week ago.

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