This is an idea blog. The intention was to kick-start discussions about ideas, but it has turned into my catch-all blog. I cannot take responsibility for any posts or comments other than my own, nor for where the links take you. If you are offended by what I say, you can let me know. Otherwise you are on your own. Not intended for children or the thin-skinned. Tell it like it is...
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Travesty of Treasure
Today's topic is one more step in the seemingly relentless erosion of the rights of the public as a group, not just individually.
The artworks in the Art Museum of my youth are being auctioned to provide dollars for a proposed expansion, as well as to cover a supposed operating expenses shortfall, neither of which were the intentions of e donors. This move has been opposed strongly by members of the community and of the art world.
below is my letter to the local newspaper, the Berkshire Eagle:
The artworks in the Art Museum of my youth are being auctioned to provide dollars for a proposed expansion, as well as to cover a supposed operating expenses shortfall, neither of which were the intentions of e donors. This move has been opposed strongly by members of the community and of the art world.
below is my letter to the local newspaper, the Berkshire Eagle:
To the Editor of the
Berkshire Eagle:
I was saddened and then
appalled when I first heard about the sale of the 40 works of art from the
Berkshire Museum.
I was raised in Pittsfield,
and still think of Museums as places of worship. One important gift upon moving to New York
City in my twenties (to pursue a career in art and design) was the number and
variety of museums. I have visited many
if not most of the art museums, which the time spent at my hometown museum
taught me to value.
But no matter the type of
museum, the elimination of assets without the participation of museum members
and ignoring the interests of the community is a travesty and shows disdain for
the idea of the public trust, a concept being chipped away at an increasing
rate recently. Many of these artworks were gifted with the expectation, for some
contractual, that they would be viewable by the County community.
The so-called "compromise"
by the Attorney General of sending some works for display in a city 300 miles
away and to which Berkshire County residents are offered free admission is no
compromise.
Living less than a mile from
Sotheby's, I will stand proudly in front at the next sale, as a Berkshire County
native, protesting the insult and sellout of the community by the Museum board.
Massachusetts should take the word "common" out of Commonwealth.
More letters:
Feb. 9, 2018: Museum Board "transparency", in opinion of a museum and arts professional:
Berkshire Eagle stories:
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
#FASCISMSIGNS
A running list of events notable as small steps toward fascism (UPDATED DAILYISH)
5/2/18
1. White House Dr. Freak admits #45 wrote his own health review and his office raided for records (HIPA protected if he had ever signed form)
2. Mueller makes it clear he would subpoena #45, and reaction no surprise
3. Pruitt trip to Morocco paid for by lobbyist involved in biz deal
4. Pence honors Former Sheriff Apaio
5. Former HHS admits that Obamacare repeal will raise healthcare prices
5/2/18
1. White House Dr. Freak admits #45 wrote his own health review and his office raided for records (HIPA protected if he had ever signed form)
2. Mueller makes it clear he would subpoena #45, and reaction no surprise
3. Pruitt trip to Morocco paid for by lobbyist involved in biz deal
4. Pence honors Former Sheriff Apaio
5. Former HHS admits that Obamacare repeal will raise healthcare prices
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
time capsule
The Atlantic magazine posed this question in their March 1 edition:
What object would you put in a time capsule for the next century to represent our current moment?
What object would you put in a time capsule for the next century to represent our current moment?
An iPhone is the easy answer.
My variation, though, would have these additions, which I hope would not disqualify it:
My variation, though, would have these additions, which I hope would not disqualify it:
It would be an iPhone with a screen protector on which is printed a choice @theRealDonaldTrump tweet.
The iPhone would be glued to the center of an LP — I think Dj Khaled’s “Grateful” from 2017 would be good. The whole would ideally be packaged in an recent edition of the Washington Post.
Saturday, February 10, 2018
figure skater guy at olympics korea no skates? wtf?
Mount olympus today
So you stand up, the two of you, drunk or tipsy, and he looks down.
actally he would look down only a couple times, not him. lookig out, like watching the hawks.
It's the palisades, you are at the edge of a cliff. literally. the husband facing outward, wife in. life insurace scam, etc.?
just like camera roped to rock, actress not. Like pic in lobby. 3D reconstruction of scene.
same crime could now be re-examined in detail as its 1984. cameras everyewhere, watching every move. there is no privacy. ready player one?
were almost there. but it's more like the truman show. timeline used as a verb...they timelined it carefully:
granularity of time on stun. they timed the intervals between camera scans, could erase themselves from all.
think of the usefullness of that. what if she were the codewriter who could do this?
So I know Korea can be cold, right, and it snows?
So you stand up, the two of you, drunk or tipsy, and he looks down.
actally he would look down only a couple times, not him. lookig out, like watching the hawks.
It's the palisades, you are at the edge of a cliff. literally. the husband facing outward, wife in. life insurace scam, etc.?
just like camera roped to rock, actress not. Like pic in lobby. 3D reconstruction of scene.
same crime could now be re-examined in detail as its 1984. cameras everyewhere, watching every move. there is no privacy. ready player one?
were almost there. but it's more like the truman show. timeline used as a verb...they timelined it carefully:
granularity of time on stun. they timed the intervals between camera scans, could erase themselves from all.
think of the usefullness of that. what if she were the codewriter who could do this?
So I know Korea can be cold, right, and it snows?
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