Tag: art

  • Chapter 55. The Importance of Stuff

    For as long as I can remember, I have made statements like this:  Things mean nothing to me. They’re all replaceable.  If the house burned down today, I’d be fine just so long as I saved the animals.  I always wondered if I meant it. A couple of weekends ago, we had an estate sale.  Rebecka (the estate…

  • Chapter 35. A Little Political Rant.

    When Adolph Hitler wanted to exert control over Germany, he began with the arts.  He called it Degenerate Art and it was deemed inappropriate for the new Germanic kingdom.  All modern art was in this category.  The movement to control art was so successful, Hitler moved on to architecture, music, literature and of course managed to revise history.  Some…