Our town is different from all the others. It's not just a college town, it's a real conglomeration of forces and power—from the center of Texas politics, to the high tech industry, to the arts and music scene. Of these, the arts are unquestionably the most powerful. If you go to France or Switzerland, they're all listening to Texas music. When you say you're from America, they want to talk to give you a lecture, but when you say you're from Austin, suddenly they're excited and everybody wants to be your friend. Brewster, through his support of the artistic community, and his own art as a novelist, is in tune with that power. I get the feeling he feels it, that he's really sincere. As long as he stays in touch with that creative power, he can accomplish great things as our next mayor.

Brewster resonates a cultural creative/bootstrap entrepreneurial energy and spirit and I wanted to develop a sticker that spoke to this. I am bored and uninspired by the traditional campaign signage as it says "old paradigm" to me. If a candidate is coming from a new energy, I feel that the message should reflect that. This sticker also speaks to me not only as a cultural creative, but also as a woman, as an eternal optimist and as a collaborative problem solver.

I'm supporting Brewster McCracken because I believe that he supports the issues that all members of the Austin Community can benefit from. He is working to support the creative class, bringing new opportunities and improving the lives of the artists that are working to create a vibrant culture here. Brewster also actively reaches out to the community for ideas and input, meeting with them in small groups, rather than elite dinners or press conferences. He is always seeking new ideas to bring green technology and energy to Austin, which is vital right now as we struggle to maintain the few green spaces we have left and preserve the purity of the water we drink and swim in, and the air we breathe.

Being a BIG music fanatic and a lover of Austin, I wanted to create a campaign sticker that would resonate that we are the Live Music Capital of the World, and how important music is to the city, its people and its leaders. Among all the candidates running for mayor, Brewster has the deepest understanding of what the music culture means to the life in our city, as evidenced by his many endorsements from leaders of the music community. This sticker, combining an acoustic guitar and the ever-changing Austin skyline, shows that no matter how much our city grows the values in our heart and soul remain constant. Brewster gets this.

Brewster stands for all of the right things and that is a candidate that I can support. He isn't just talking sustainability or focused on the creative class, he supports technology, the arts and much more. The image of the bat fits Austin well. The bat has a sense of community and purpose. This image also captures the wild and colorful spirit of the bat, all traits that makes Austin great—a wild, colorful community with purpose.

This image from a recent series of Austin street scenes captures the Lone Star flag mural accross from Whole Foods near 5th and Lamar. I chose it because I feel it reflects Brewster McCracken's approach to improving the livability of Austin neighborhoods. Rather than focusing on one or two "high profile" city projects, Brewster supports working with neighborhoods to develop many, smaller projects such as increasing sidewalks and local parks. This approach will preserve the uniqueness of Austin we all love, and everyone in the city will be able to see the area where they live has gotten a little bit nicer and a little better.

Brewster understands how the prosperity of Austin is intimately linked to that of the city's creative class of musicians, filmmakers, and visual artists. We may not contribute as much to the tax base as, say, the high-tech sector—but our concerts, shows and exhibitions are a big part of what high-tech came to Austin for. From his plan to repurpose the site of the Armadillo World Headquarters into a live/work community for Austin musicians, to helping secure the funding to turn Austin Studios into a state-of-the-art facility, to his work for affordable housing and healthcare, Brewster's got Austin artists' backs.

While I love my movies as much as the next guy, to be honest, I'm really more of an adhesive vinyl guy than a celluloid guy. Still, for my sticker I wanted to come up with something that was a little bit different. So I came up with the concept of a film-clapper, and using our nifty contour vinyl cutter to give the sticker an irregular, "in action" shape. And of course, a film sticker is entirely appropriate for Brewster. In the mayor's race, he's most known for calling for the creation of an official Department of Music in City Hall. But before that, he took the lead in securing the funding to turn Austin Studios in to a state of the art video production facility.