Despite the assurances that it was not so by the museum guards, I’m convinced that Rashid Johnson tinkers with the exhibit. I have visited the Guggenheim 4 times to witness the work. From my p.o.v. there is a change here and there, or something I missed. I could’ve sworn that that vase and those books were in a different place than upon my last survey.
My theory was that there were new pots on display today. The guard said, “no, they’re the same, they’ve grown of course.”
I am reminded of
Times I envy and
Events I enjoy in
Retrospect more
Or less than at the
Time. I need to hold
My memories and
Check my experience
Against a barometer
Other than time
Passing or time past.
I am reminded of
What I recall and
That which slowly
Has changed, or
Stayed the same as
Ever no matter the
Passing of time. My
Time or ours. Point
Of view marks the
Difference in how
We see the past. It's
A new perspective
When it's yours than
When it is mine.
Millard Fillmore, remember him? Well, I hear he was head of a supremely negative political movement that was proud to call itself the Know Nothing Party.
An aside here: the fool is proud of that which the wise man finds embarrassing.
old Yugoslav expression
Ignorance goes hand in hand with the kind of pride that revels in conspiracy theories. It is the foundation on which falsehoods and misinformation [aka LIES] are built.
Along with the untruths, there is a new kind of pornography spreading in negative political advertising.
The good news for us is we can eschew the Know-Nothings and disdain far-fetched theories.
We know something; we know better.
We can use our knowledge. We can come to rational conclusions. We can be wise and principled.
All The Best