carnations & hatrid

If I were into Betsey Johnson & happened to be in the ku klux klan:

Postcards from Home
This work is tied to the realization that often hatred doesn't wear a white hood. In all of its subversive manifestations; it presents it-self in pinstripe suites, and floral dresses carrying Gucci purses.

Susan Harbage has a moving and diverse body of work. I suggest checking her out. I like that these pieces were patterned from original Klan uniforms from the 1920's.
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truisms

I love revisiting art, books, and films. You often grow and interpret things differently or catch some subtlety. Jenny Holzer's truisms are a perfect example of work that reads way differently to me than when first introduced. I'm more of a jaded cynic now than I was in art school.

My desk jockey days have changed my perspective on several of these trusisms.

A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS ARE CRACKPOTS

ABSOLUTE SUBMISSION CAN BE A FORM OF FREEDOM

ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE

ACTION CAUSES MORE TROUBLE THAN THOUGHT

ALIENATION PRODUCES ECCENTRICS OR REVOLUTIONARIES

AT TIMES INACTIVITY IS PREFERABLE TO MINDLESS FUNCTIONING

BOREDOM MAKES YOU DO CRAZY THINGS

CONFUSING YOURSELF IS A WAY TO STAY HONEST

DREAMING WHILE AWAKE IS A FRIGHTENING CONTRADICTION

EXPIRING FOR LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL BUT STUPID

HUMANISM IS OBSOLETE

HUMOR IS A RELEASE

IT IS MAN'S FATE TO OUTSMART HIMSELF

LACK OF CHARISMA CAN BE FATAL

LOVING ANIMALS IS A SUBSTITUTE ACTIVITY

MUCH WAS DECIDED BEFORE YOU WERE BORN

MURDER HAS ITS SEXUAL SIDE

OFTEN YOU SHOULD ACT LIKE YOU ARE SEXLESS

PEOPLE WHO DON'T WORK WITH THEIR HANDS ARE PARASITES

ROMANTIC LOVE WAS INVENTED TO MANIPULATE WOMEN

SLIPPING INTO MADNESS IS GOOD FOR THE SAKE OF COMPARISON

SLOPPY THINKING GETS WORSE OVER TIME

TAKING A STRONG STAND PUBLICIZES THE OPPOSITE POSITION

THE IDEA OF REVOLUTION IS ADOLESCENT FANTASY

THE MOST PROFOUND THINGS ARE INEXPRESSIBLE

TIMIDITY IS LAUGHABLE

WISHING THINGS AWAY IS NOT EFFECTIVE