the thing is up, leave it up

it's only up a few more days. thank god, or "god" or goddess or whatever benevolent or manevolent (depending on your religious/political/cultural/spiritual hankerin') supreme being there is out there or in here or wherever we think he/she/it is, for freedom of speech. i think if some folks will have it their way, they'd only like to see pictures of purty flowers on a meadow with kitty cats. not that there's anything wrong at all with flowers, or meadows, or cats... lots of artists have made a fine living creating those things for greeting cards. and on that note, thank god, or "god" or goddess for greeting cards... they sure can cheer up people, whatever their religious/moral/political/social/gang related leaning.

so, here's how i see it:

art (whether good taste/bad taste/immoral/moral/hip/uncool/old fashioned/new fangled/beautiful/ugly/usable/or created only for its own sake) = freedom of speech = greeting cards with flowers & kitty cats = country symbols going down toilet bowl with ceramic western boots assemblage = no censorship = i can make up my own mind thank you very much = gratitude to the supreme being/beings/god/goddess/smite me down/or cradle me in her warmth bossom earth spirits = religion/spirituality/and however else i want to call it = IT'S ALL GOOD (even if it is shocking/gross/pretty/fluffy kittykats/naked women/leaning to the left/leaning to the right/leaning to green etc etc etc)

as the song goes...
give me land, lots of land and the starry skies above, don't fence me in.