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Readers of this blog may have noticed the slogan above –
“All legitimate art is protest .. a demand for a more human world.”
I wrote that in October 2011, at the height of the Occupy Wall Street protest, describing the occupation of
Zuccotti Park as “a continuous work of art.”
It was my closing line and while it sounds like a theory, it was just
an emotional outburst.
I kept it because
I liked it, it had a ring to it.
Now, is
it true?
No one has complained about my slogan, or even questioned
it. But as a foolish consistency is the
hobgoblin of little minds, I felt all along that I should either defend it, or
take it down. After more than a year of
rumination and several recent “aha” moments, I have decided it’s my final
answer. I’m sticking with it.
