It seems as though likening Obama to Atlas is not a far cry from likening him to a messiah. Either one is dangerous unfortunate and dangerous. One thing I hope to see come out of this election, is more people willing to be more involved in civic life. I don't look forward to people expecting a born-again experience from a politician/messiah. Are we ready to enact change not only in our external environment, but in our internal environment? Probably not. Are we in for more of the same? Probably. When will we stop looking to an external source to transform our internal lives? Isn't our external environment a reflection of our internal selves? Do we put all this energy into doing this, but not that, that, but not this, and fail to understand that true change is an everyday occurance, a moment by moment way of exploring our internal landscape?

>>>>>>>>>-ART POST BUSH--------------> During the Vietnam era, Kurt Vonnegut wrote that the combined protest-power of the world’s artists, united to end the war, amounted to no more than the impact of a banana-cream pie in the face. $ A marginalization of the role of Artist has defined art since. $$$$$ Futility. $ “Post-modern” may be “what’s the point of Art?” $ Drinking pepsi-the-choice-of-a-new-generation we watched the soul searching of hippy-era-art morph to whatever representation of Individual vs. The Banal Machine. $ Even *happy* wore a cynic’s grin. $ I wore a cynic’s grin. $ The West’s sole obsession has been managing systems with increasing efficiency and speed while acknowledging the inevitable destination as disaster. $ Goal 1: Burning economies hotter. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ . That human flesh has been fuel is irrelevant. $ “I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that.” $ The role of collective intuition, or “Art” may be to provide course correction. A marginalization of the role of Artist has defined art. $ If you Google Images for “Obama Art” you’ll see this revolution is not limited to politics. $ If you Google Images for “Bush Art,” you’ll see a real asshole. $ + reflections of utterly ruthless but efficiently and neatly maintained systems, anatomical dissection, the relatively soft meat component is extruded under pressure as the bone and bone matter is easily separated. $ An examination of the differences of “Bush Art” and “Obama Art” is profound and inspiring. $ When I examine my own recent work, it more closely resembles “Bush art.” But I finally feel that a course correction is possible…. $ The reach of this moment and the role of artists/culture-jammers/meme-warriors cannot be ignored. $ The question of “Post-modern” and “post-post-modern” may be: “what’s the point of Art?” $ Is the new question: ----------------------> “what is possible?” ???????????????????????????????????????????? How will you respond?