I should have known it would go the way it did. Something in my gut knew, but I didn't want to listen. Disgusted yet not surprised. No matter what anyone says it's a turning point for me. Not sure all the forms it will take ultimately, but the transformation is well underway.
No need to be more specific on the above topic. Maybe that time will come some day. Not today though. If there is any one creed I can get with it's this:
“The real purpose of art is to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable.”
I've got no immediate clue who said that, but I don't care. If life has any value whatsoever, that value is derived from the humanities – the creative endeavors designed to uplift and transform darkness into light. And since we're in for more dark times the focus ought to be on the best and most transforming arts.
So, in keeping with the original theme of the blog – here are the plastic waffles of uplift lately.......
