http://mynorthwest.com/76/649036/Dori-Artist-using-your-tax-dollars-to-paint-blue-trees
How long are we going to put up with this crap?
Started by herbertyork, 03/21/2012 09:05PM
Posted 03/21/2012 09:05PM
Opening Post
Posted 03/21/2012 09:45PM
#1
How long are you planning to live?Herbert York said:
http://mynorthwest.com/76/649036/Dori-Artist-using-your-tax-dollars-to-paint-blue-trees
Darian R.
Posted 03/22/2012 03:18AM
#3
I don't have anything against a degree of government sponsorship for the arts. It was good to be able to see symphonies and visit museums as a kid. But, blue trees are ridiculous. A panel of citizens who are not artists should have the power to stop stupid projects in most jurisdictions. I also think that when we build monuments, we should build them in different places around the country. For example, the St. Louis Arch has more impact because it is synonymous with that city.
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Posted 03/28/2012 12:26AM
#4
This kind of crap we have been seeing for quite a while. We had the idiot that put up a whole bunch of Umbrellas and it was suppose to be a masterpiece. :S
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Posted 03/29/2012 12:50AM
#5
You make your living selling to birding and astronomy enthusiasts like myself. We often share public space and resources, city parks, etc. to engage in these interests that some may well look at with scorn and derision. The arts also share this space, often with the same goals of engagement, education, and simple joy.
Sure, the idea of painting trees blue may seem silly, the political notions naive, but there will be many who will be delighted and engaged by this project in the same way that many of us are in looking at the Orion Nebula or a pileated woodpecker.
I haven't gotten the sense in the articles that I've found online that much tax-payer money was going towards this - mostly private contributors and volunteers. If you have a public parks system, you have to provide for a variety of uses that not everyone will support or enjoy. That's life in a community.
If we wish for the general public to have respect for what we do, to take a moment to see the world through our eyes, binoculars, telescopes, and rifle sites, then we should do the same in return.
Sure, the idea of painting trees blue may seem silly, the political notions naive, but there will be many who will be delighted and engaged by this project in the same way that many of us are in looking at the Orion Nebula or a pileated woodpecker.
I haven't gotten the sense in the articles that I've found online that much tax-payer money was going towards this - mostly private contributors and volunteers. If you have a public parks system, you have to provide for a variety of uses that not everyone will support or enjoy. That's life in a community.
If we wish for the general public to have respect for what we do, to take a moment to see the world through our eyes, binoculars, telescopes, and rifle sites, then we should do the same in return.
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