You made me doubt myself and you threatened my passion to create. I pledged my allegiance to you, but I was let down and misguided. As for your anything goes policy, although I think it is important to give every creative thought a chance, your laissez faire attitude has opened doors to talentless hacks that use their money and social standing to but their ways into galleries and museums. I also find your contemporary theories to be far too serious and pretentious. In fact, I think your idea of what is considered contemporary is in need of an update. Just like Modern Art has become a name of a art historical period and less the true meaning of the word “modern,” your contemporary is not exactly of the present either. We live in a different world now. A post 911 world where no matter how invincible you think you are, everyone is vulnerable. And there are greater political, environmental and social issues that are far bigger than you and of greater concern to the survival of the planet than your concerns over authorship, objecthood, medium, psychoanalysis, etc. So it is until these issues can be resolved that I declare war. As this is not the first time you have done battle, you should be familiar with the blows of sarcastic criticism and the subversive tactics of guerilla art warfare. Consider yourself warned, rebels show no mercy.
Sincerely,
M. Hine
a.k.a. Red Hat
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