Not much to report; no pithy snarky comments on the current state of things in UFO Land. (I mean, I could, but I won't. At least not now.)
But, our global lives being turned inside out due to Covid continue to be turned inside out, and sideways, and back in/out again. People are tired, nuts, full of rage and ignorance.
I'm tired. We're all tired. Fed up. Sad. Depressed. But . . . that is our new reality.
Anyway, one of the artist groups I belong to on Facebook rejected my drawing:
Still Here: Covid 2022, ink, marker on paper
It was rejected because the group rules state "No Covid related material." I didn't read the rules, which is a bit hypocritical -- though I prefer lazy -- since I run several groups myself. It's their right to have any rules they want. But I just found it such an odd reaction.
I'm not making any political statement. Covid is still here. Expressing our angst, outrage, fear, and fatigue through artistic methods is a healthy way to deal with it all. Is the thinking that, by simply ignoring the existence of Covid, it will go away? Is there some assumed political agenda embedded in the title, the drawing? What if I titled the drawing "Bugs," or something? Do we now have to disguise Covid themed work in order not to ... what? Offend? Disturb? Anger?
No comments:
Post a Comment