It is Sunday morning, the 7th day of August in the year 2022.
I tweeted something yesterday that I now regret a bit. Yesterday, Twisted Sister Lead Singer Dee Snider posted a picture of a bad tat – some dude was walking around with a full back tattoo depicting an image of Donald Trump throwing up a “Seig Heil” style salute with the words across the top that read “New Aryan Empire”. Considering the quality of the artwork, I’m surprised the artist spelled those two words correctly.
I made a comment that I don’t think we’ll be seeing that artist’s work hanging in the Louvre any time soon, some artists have it, some artists don’t.
I don’t want to discourage artists. I want to discourage Nazis.
I believe in art. I believe in people that carve wood, chisel granite, paint with watercolors and oils, and put their stories, their poems, their lyrics on paper.
The things we can create reflect our feelings and our experiences. We have love. We have fear. We have hope. We have dreams. We want to revolt against societal walls that create pain. We want to stand up for opportunities for all. The poor kids need some help. The rich kids sometimes need a little help, too, but the help the rich kids need might be a little different than the poor kids because the rich kids don’t need new shoes. These kids need to play together and go to school together (I’m not a big fan of private schools and their efforts to siphon off public school funds into their selective system).
I’m just ranting at this point.
Anyway. Make art. Don’t be a Nazi. There you go.
I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.
Peace y’all.
