art, awareness, and action

I watched Blood Diamond tonight and it made me angry and frustrated. Activism art may get dismissed as emotive and superficial, affirming our positions but impotent in actually bringing about change. Perhaps, but I'd rather be woken up to my deepest convictions than continue to flow with the stream of apathy and misplaced preoccupation. Awareness is obviously inadequate, but is indeed affective in conditioning our hearts to things that matter. As long as we remember that knowing is not enough.