Absolutely. I had a horrendous experience the other weekend - two dear friends decided to challenge the awfulness of me attending the TR Unite the Kingdom. I initially tried to explain but when it started to feel like they believed I needed ‘an intervention for my own good’ and the shaking heads, I made my case as best as and then called time.
They are still my friends - I like what you say about a mass of contradictions, for I recognise that - but I won’t be shut down or made to feel bad for holding whatever beliefs I have. I am more than one belief, one idea, one side ( unless we are talking GC - ALL woman for our spaces for adult human female and girls).
Ayup Sian, thankyou for putting that out there and sticking to your guns. I'm with you on this. We're human beings with layers of experiences, emotions and contradictions. Trying to squash all that into some neat little box to keep the political purists happy is like asking us to cut out our own hearts, isn't it? It rips out the guts of what makes us who we are.
Great read. Kahlo was an incredibly thought provoking artist. I love your point about blank art galleries being the result of this inability to separate ART from the political views of the artist. It's something we have to get over as a society.
Thankyou! We've got to grow up and embrace the messy, complex humans behind the art. Maybe we'll learn something from it, even if it's not what we expected.
Absolutely. I had a horrendous experience the other weekend - two dear friends decided to challenge the awfulness of me attending the TR Unite the Kingdom. I initially tried to explain but when it started to feel like they believed I needed ‘an intervention for my own good’ and the shaking heads, I made my case as best as and then called time.
They are still my friends - I like what you say about a mass of contradictions, for I recognise that - but I won’t be shut down or made to feel bad for holding whatever beliefs I have. I am more than one belief, one idea, one side ( unless we are talking GC - ALL woman for our spaces for adult human female and girls).
Keep strong Louise ! Love what you say.
Ayup Sian, thankyou for putting that out there and sticking to your guns. I'm with you on this. We're human beings with layers of experiences, emotions and contradictions. Trying to squash all that into some neat little box to keep the political purists happy is like asking us to cut out our own hearts, isn't it? It rips out the guts of what makes us who we are.
Thank YOU ! X
Great read. Kahlo was an incredibly thought provoking artist. I love your point about blank art galleries being the result of this inability to separate ART from the political views of the artist. It's something we have to get over as a society.
Thankyou! We've got to grow up and embrace the messy, complex humans behind the art. Maybe we'll learn something from it, even if it's not what we expected.
It’ll be interesting regardless, I am sure. Keep up the great work, Louise. I’m a great admirer. Take care