Ten years ago, on Jan 9, 2002, John Yoo and Robert Delahunty wrote the infamous memo which argued that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to the treatment of prisoners who were Al Qaeda or Taliban or “non-state” or rogue state combatants. This memo had the cornerstone effect of providing a green light for the harsh treatment of detainees in Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, and CIA “black sites” worldwide.

I admire and respect Corita Kent (mcad has a beautiful set of her images in a box that you can look at with white gloves further supporting my never ending urging to GO TO YOUR LIBRARY)
I also have a long standing relationship with John Le Carre's novel , Tinker, Tailor, Soldier. Spy where they employ the slang " circus " for the highest levels of the British Intelligence Services.

The remake has come out starring Gary Oldman as George Smiley:


I prefer the original:





and these are the reasons why:

the clothes are amazing, every choice is perfect
the art
the cars
the booze
the locations
the dialogue
the relationships
the compression of all of the above to magnetize you

see the original
the font, the nesting dolls....and then go see the remake. I will and I will be asking 2011 to measure up.

i do not have any images today, i have been cleaning houses to make my money and i am thinking about the complexity of living a life within a structure. i mean that we are born at this point into a structure, a structure that the ows movement is at its most sublime trying to get us to question. i was talking recently with a complete stranger at a bar about the realization that so many humans have lived before us and we have access to many of their thoughts dreams hopes resolutions ( all one word, no comma's ) and really this is where we are at? this is the totality of that wealth of human existence? as an artist i am feeling more and more that if capitalism isnt sucking the art out of art than it is academia. with a graduate degree i have a hard time figuring out where i will find a school to teach at that wants to challenge students not to draw realistic images from life to be exact but use drawing to connect to oneself. what do you see? how does it make you feel? what do you have to say about it? why would you draw? and what is the relevance of drawing in 2011?

come shopping with me. i need a new winter coat.
which one? top one is longer but zips.
bottom one no hood. okay cause i make hats and i do like buttons.
plus lining is excellent.
hmmm.
http://shop.bridgeandburn.com/category/women

dorothea tanning/one good looking painting