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Modern art as suicide note, January 16th, 2023.

Introduction.

This past week saw the unveiling, and unveiling is the word we are looking for, of a sculpture

on the grounds of the Boston Common.

The work is called The Embrace, and is purportedly taken from a photo of a hug between Martin

of the King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, after MLK had won the Nobel Prize.

So sweet.

But after the unveiling, there were questions.

For quite a few observers, those not trapped in the art is whatever the artist says paradigm.

The sculpture was a hot mess, resembling nothing so much as a gigantic act of bronze

conolingus.

But in an art world without standards, operating in a world without standards, why couldn't

it be that?

Why shouldn't it be that?

Who are you to criticize, Philistine?

Some might call it regrettable that I would post something like this on MLK Day.

I call it regrettable that people willfully overlook the fact that when it comes to the

question of who commissioned and paid for this freak show, it should be remembered by all

that it was not I.

Liberals like to talk about root causes of stuff, so let's get down to root causes.

A false transcendent.

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