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"Reject what confuses you,
Outlaw what seduces you,
What did not spring from a pure will,
Into the flames with what threatens you."
--firesong for Nazi book burnings
Most of us who most of the time wouldn't be shocked
would be
if you showed us the pictures in this book,
would be
horrified and prefer not to look
and be adamant our children not look
but also be tolerant--cornerstone
for us--and admit that the artist
can express herself however she wants,
First Amendment, free speech.... But, when reminded
we are paying
the artist, even meagerly, indirectly (taxes: NEA) then
we think otherwise: "I am commissioning
you, am, in fact, your collaborator, so don't
say (paint, photograph) that, I wouldn't." --Sorry,
I beg to differ, au
contraire! Don't give money
to support the arts, taxes or otherwise.
And (easy for some to say) don't take any money.
Make them pay
after you give them the art
not before.
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