tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post5995517854843347085..comments2024-01-19T00:52:12.231-05:00Comments on I Me My: In defence of Art !Id it ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-54764926721318093492009-03-01T15:36:00.000-05:002009-03-01T15:36:00.000-05:00Bonjour Id,Feel embarrassed to admit, I just don't...Bonjour Id,<BR/><BR/>Feel embarrassed to admit, I just don't understand this cartoon. The ape on the ground, the two cops, the car, the text. Can't make it fit together. <BR/><BR/>If you have some time to spare, could you explain this. I even read all 14 comments but that didn't bring any light either.<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/>GeorgGeorghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379915142029115257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-10064090013790214942009-02-28T10:49:00.000-05:002009-02-28T10:49:00.000-05:00I do think there are limitations to everything. I ...I do think there are limitations to everything. I somebody decided to become a naturalist artist in my neighbourhood one day, and decides to express himself/herself by running naked on the streets, I will object. So will almost everybody else. But to that one person, it'll be art.<BR/><BR/>So I do believe there have to be limits. Granted that people's sensitivities are so many and so diverse, butSaadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02404658782028909950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-35307586931600775272009-02-27T22:08:00.000-05:002009-02-27T22:08:00.000-05:00Aha! Your post reminds me of the famous poem of Ra...Aha! Your post reminds me of the famous poem of Rabindra Nath Tagore: "Where the mind is without fear..."<BR/><BR/>A very thought-provoking post indeed.<BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/><BR/>Nanda<BR/>http://ramblingnanda.blogspot.comThe Unadornedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18010721483561440174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-37085505130016761542009-02-27T15:00:00.000-05:002009-02-27T15:00:00.000-05:00I agree with you ID..Just as there is freedom of s...I agree with you ID..Just as there is freedom of speech why should there not be freedom of Art.No matter what you do, some will be offended and some not.cannot please everybody.It is hard to be politically correct always.starryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00250437477875291892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-59161015887800537962009-02-27T10:21:00.000-05:002009-02-27T10:21:00.000-05:00ooogooogLars Shalomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889280301374934767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-89091696934067788782009-02-25T04:25:00.000-05:002009-02-25T04:25:00.000-05:00amwith youId...the word verification is 'witch'......am<BR/>with <BR/>you<BR/>Id...<BR/><BR/>the word verification is 'witch'...<BR/>funny...<BR/><BR/>reading your post, i was reminded of many artists who were and are suffocated just because they are breathing a new life into our souls...<BR/><BR/>and many regard this a holy act like burning witches...human beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232419187783429903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-32769525503870974872009-02-24T19:43:00.000-05:002009-02-24T19:43:00.000-05:00Eshu,Your input is always on the mark, and where a...Eshu,<BR/>Your input is always on the mark, and where art and artists are concerned regardless of how distant you may be physically, you have their pulse!Id it ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-77094718175264449652009-02-24T19:40:00.000-05:002009-02-24T19:40:00.000-05:00SR,I don't grudge the protests; people are free to...SR,<BR/>I don't grudge the protests; people are free to express their annoyance. Also, the editor is right in doing the job he is paid to do which is to go through the write-ups/ cartoons that are submitted by the public in the hope that they will be published. Now it is up to the discretion of the editor what he decides is going to be in the best interest of all those who matter. While doing Id it ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-42963105637752646682009-02-24T19:20:00.000-05:002009-02-24T19:20:00.000-05:00D,That's a pretty bleak outlook; is this assessmen...D,<BR/>That's a pretty bleak outlook; is this assessment colored by a temporarily jaundiced vision? :)Id it ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-62220184925242615802009-02-24T16:46:00.000-05:002009-02-24T16:46:00.000-05:00Hi, thanks for explaining. Sometimes, I'm too far ...Hi, thanks for explaining. Sometimes, I'm too far away to know the whole picture.<BR/>Freedom is an illusion: that's a depressing thought!A.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08716463684593767622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-11865825769213852952009-02-24T13:25:00.000-05:002009-02-24T13:25:00.000-05:00I don't understand how, on the one hand, censorshi...I don't understand how, on the one hand, censorship of the cartoonist by the editor is alright but, on the other hand, protests by the public against the cartoon are not alright? Aren't they both forms of stifling the artist's "freedom of expression"?<BR/><BR/>Personally, I am not sure of how far I agree with your view that art is unassailable. That would imply that any action committed by an srhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160258503931306599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-24079338750948316072009-02-24T10:01:00.000-05:002009-02-24T10:01:00.000-05:00Freedom is an illusion.Freedom is an illusion.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251502196387434095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-28896465452894337762009-02-23T18:09:00.000-05:002009-02-23T18:09:00.000-05:00hi id it isi applaud you for defending the freedom...hi id it is<BR/>i applaud you for defending the freedom of speech and of art!!<BR/>for God sake's this is the United States of America, "the land of the free" right?? so regardless of agreeing or not with somebody's art we must allow the artists to express themselves... I leave you with one of my favorite quotes on Censorship<BR/><BR/>"Censorship reflects society's lack of confidence in itself. bereweberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04212294373903204510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-51960634000652380392009-02-23T17:19:00.000-05:002009-02-23T17:19:00.000-05:00Eshu,The cartoon shown is Delonas, but Alcaraz has...Eshu,<BR/>The cartoon shown is Delonas, but Alcaraz has been receiving a lot of flak for some of his recent creations. I wanted to keep the NY Post cartoon, and that added to the confusion...<BR/>thanks for the heads up.Id it ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-60667727827184811922009-02-23T12:16:00.000-05:002009-02-23T12:16:00.000-05:00Hi. Did Alcaraz draw the cartoon? Your links say t...Hi. Did Alcaraz draw the cartoon? Your links say that it was Delonas. I'm a little confused. That having been said, I'm not sure that I know if this is racist or not. It only becomes racist if I make the monkey=Black=Obama link. If I dispense with that, though, I don't get the cartoon. An ape goes "ape shit" and the Bill is an example of "political shit" is about as good as I can do, so the two A.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08716463684593767622noreply@blogger.com