January 31, 2007
Creation and Destruction
Aren't these creative? They are grazing on a lawn in a town by the sea. It occurred on me that making birch reindeer may be an old Scandinavian custom, but a quick and googlie research project yields next to nothing. Real live birch trees have however been chopped up in the process, raising the question of whether this project is purely creative, or could be viewed as destructive as well, from a certain point of view.
Natalie d'Arbeloff and her snappy altercartoon Augustine have published "The God Interviews" which you can order in print, download, or sample ( if you scroll down some....sorry) All of us here at Dakota find the Interviews very creative, but can imagine that there may be some fundamentalists who would would not, since the interviews puncture the more primitive projections of what/who/where constitutes God.
On the other hand, there are those projects that are essentially destructive (in our humble opinion) but amazingly creative., like the National Rifle Association's Graphic Novel .
Or how about the creativity required to develop a harmless new weapon . The Active Denial System (catchy name) is a neuroincineratior, that microwaves a human target , and causes said target to feel like they are about to burst into flames -- a sensation that is said to make an enemy want to drop his weapon. Ingenuity at its finest. Soon they will be adapting these things for low scar tissue torture -- a thriving market under this administration.
And how about "Scooter" Libby who was asked to destroy Joe Wilson, created a story for the grand jury, .and now it looks like he's going to destroy the wraps under which the illegal manipulations of this adminsitration have taken place.
All in a day of living in duality.
Photo note: Reindeer grazing on a lawn in a city by the sea, but you already knew that
Posted by Dakota at January 31, 2007 05:10 PM