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LETTER #1
To the editors:
I'd like to commend artists Jim Wade, Charlie Harris
and Phil Goulding lor the "Censorship is Unacceptable" stunt
they pulled this past weekend during the UGA Performing
and Visual Arts Complex's grand opening festivities. It's about
lime Athens artists gathered the gumption to speak out about
what really goes on when artists and the academic elitists
butt heads. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that
Terry Glispin was a victim of a kind of smiling, quiet, under
handed coercion that goes on every day in both the art and
the academic worlds that can only be labeled censorship in
its ugliest form.
As liberal and open-minded as the academics of UGA's
School of Art and the Georgia Museum of Art claim to be,
such institutions nonetheless are simple perpetuators of per
sonal politics and appeals to patron's pocketbooks. The bot
tom line is this: That monstrous complex on East Campus
Road cost $34 million and that money had to come from
somewhere. The Georgia Museum of Art has a long list of
patrons who fork out pretty pennies every year in support of
what they call "art." This form of art becomes little more than
a status symbol for the wealthy and intellectual fodder for the
academic ego. Somewhere in this self-masturbatory mess
the artist, the very source of it all, gets lost.
These so-called "supporters of the arts’ don't seem to
fathom that to the artist these pretty pictures and profound
statements put on display are their very reason for life. Into
these works the artist pours his heart and soul. I ask who
among us is worthy to judge the worth of any work of art
without walking a mile in its maker's moccasins? The facts
are simple: the conservative culture that controls the public's
purse strings can't come close to comprehending the pas
sions of the artist, thus their minds are closed. Artists must
see themselves as educators of the public and cease to rely
on established institutions which coerce them into confor
mity. Artists must take it upon themselves to allow their work
to be seen and turn to alternative venues and events while
relying on shameless self-promotion to make their voices
heard ' Melissa Jane Link
LETTER #2
Dear Flagpole:
This letter goes to the staff al The Bridge. Don't give up.
You have touched a lot of radio listeners. Personally, you
gave me a reason to turn the radio back on. The Bridge was
my favorite station, and I know I'm not alone. Think of this:
You must have accomplished something. Anytime a person
or persons make some constructive noise, there's always an
other group of individuals ready to pull the plug. The Bridge
was entertaining and informing. I hope this was not our last
encounter on the FM dial! . _ ,
Jamie Benko
LETTER #3
Dear Pete:
You left out a few names in your "Editor's Notes" of the
April 17 issue of Flagpole. Let's try, for example, the Gap/Old
Navy-Handgun Control Incorporated-U.S. Department of Jus
tice. How about the Levi Strauss-Citizens for Irresponsible
Sexual Behavior-Centers for Disease Control?
My personal favorite would be the Ben & Jerry's-Am-
nesty International-Bureau of Prisons. The profits from that
consortium could be used to purchase more hinge lubricant
for the revolving doors of our overwhelmingly effective "crimi
nal justice system."
Would you have your readers believe that the NRA and
other basically conservative legislative lobbies and special
interest groups are the lone culprits in tunneling personal
and corporate moneys to conservative Republicans' "politi
cal slush funds"? Gimmie a break, Pete. Liberal Democrats
a ( e every bit as much on the take as any politician. Don't kid
yourself. And please don't mislead your readers.
Other than your blatant attacks on defenders of the Sec
ond Amendment, I thought your article was "right on." As a
journalist, however, how can you constantly trash the Sec
ond Amendment? For without it, the First Amendment —
your guiding light — would be very much UN-guaranteed.
Your creativity, courage and conviction should be com
mended, but your aversion to fact and to responsible jour
nalism is nothing short of a damned shame, Pete.
J.T. Martell
II I'm averse to lad and to responsible journalism, J. T„
my creativity, courage and conviction should not be com
mended. — Pete
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