Well, tomorrow is the grand opening of the 0.275 million dollar wall that rich people have created in an effort to get better tax breaks (just a theory of course..as is everything). Famous people will be here including our local John Grisham. I wonder if DMB will be there (or are they still dumping human waste on people)?
The construction continues this morning, since a few bricks still need to be put in place.
I can’t wait until we can read more fascinating things. Is that good art or what? I wonder if any of this great work will make it in to the local press. I have lots of other pictures of the art just for historical purposes. We want to try to preserve as much of the old south as possible.
Jeez louise – these folks must have no respect for themselves or anyone else…
Is there a place where a camera can be installed?
What do you want a camera for? Do you want government surveilance of a monument to free expression so that people who wite something offensive can be arrested? Maybe their pictures could be published on The Cvlle Weeklys “Rant” page.
There you go – something to shame them – smile you are on candid camera…
Not government – ranting is great idea…
There is a camera there, Raman’s.
The point of Free Speech is you get a lot of good, but you have to accept the bad side. My question is why does the city feel this is beneficial to the community? Fostering “constructive” Free Speech can be a great thing, but what they created seems to be a wall of random crap. Much like the wall in the gas station bathroom.
“For a good time, meet TJ here at 8PM.”
The fact there is “pornography” in crude drawings is not the point. If you put up a public chalkboard, why shame people? Shame is just a way of getting rid of people who don’t agree with the morals of the majority. Viva la Freedom! I feel some people were fooled into thinking this monument had ANYTHING to do with art. Ha ha ha ha….. Then, if they feel bad about spending all that money and censor it, it isn’t even a monument to free speech.
I may be wrong. I have limited data to base my judgement on. I will wait for RP’s photo expose of the unveiled mural.
I think that when the chalkboard is first unveiled we will see a spurt of interesting posts and drawings. Certainly John Grisham and the other celebrity attendees will have to leave their marks on the board. For a few months after that the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, the actual owners of the monument, will engineer a show for the media that will make this thing look like it is all they dream it will be. Teachers from various schools will bring their students down to the mall on field trips to the monument. The students will produce thought provoking and creative works that will be genuinely interesting and the local news media will suck it up. It will look as though those who now say that this board will be a magnet for profane and juvenile graffiti are nothing but a bunch of pessimistic cynics. Give it a little time though and the truth will win out. It may not take too much time though, like maybe one night. I don’t know what exactly will happen or when and that will at leat make it interesting to watch.
Doc,
Are you going to run in the VIA 5K on Saturday?
In the lower part of the phoro Doc took says it all… “Be the change you want to see in the world…” !
OOOPS! again – In the lower part of the’PHOTO” Doc took says it all… “Be the change you want to see in the world…â€? !