Summer in the City
September 1, 2004
I think the media did not give a clear sense of the huge number of people who participated in the march (for five hours there was a constant stream of the well-mannered and avenue-wide crowd past Madison Square Garden) and every day is marked by more protest and arrests. Traveling on the bus an hour ago, I just passed a thousand pairs of empty soldier's boots set up in Union Square Park
I find it extremely difficult to watch the mercifully short coverage of the Convention - last night's treacle really set my teeth on edge. I am also dramatically rethinking the amount of time I have wasted following this election and starting to feel that there are better ways to send my time and shred my stomach lining. I guess I am just resigned to the possibility of four more years of "Bushie" and all the horrors it will bring.
The picture above was taken outside of the Convention when a huge papier-mache dragon was mysteriously set on fire and the march was briefly diverted onto 33rd Street. The one below is outside Macy's. Nothing scarier than lots of cops and loads of nuts mixed together on a scalding day.
A record of my exploration into all aspects of drawing, illustrated journaling, creativity, and the inspiring aspects of art. By the author of "Everyday Matters," "The Creative License", and "An Illustrated Life" and other books.
Comments
Danny, please do not resign yourself. Please do not send the energy of defeat out into the universe. The election hasn't happened yet. It may not go our way, we may indeed have to endure horrors. But if we can't do anything else, we can be hopeful, and if something comes along that we can do to help, then our hopefulness will empower us.
Pat
Posted by: Pat Denino | September 1, 2004 05:01 PM
Yes. Pat D. has a good point. But...I know you cannot really resign your hopefulness anyway, even if you wanted to. Though it can be disconcerting to feel part of something and witness blatant distortion before your own eyes, moments later. The source and what any such source distortedly puts out is a real battle.
Everyday, it can seem the more info we are lucky to be exposed to, the less any truth seems possible. If only a device existed to make things a little more as black and white as the shown silly suit or my fingernails.
Pat D....we'll be careful with our feelings and keep our faith away from the you-know-who's.
Posted by: patti Gregory | September 1, 2004 07:27 PM
Danny,
Please realize that you have friends in both parties. We Republicans keep art journals, too, books in which we work out our own take on the many faces of politics. Please don't put us down just because we have an opposing opinion. Like you, we use our minds and our journals to sort through the issues. It's just that our conclusions are different.
Jo
Posted by: Jo | September 1, 2004 07:34 PM
I guess I am just resigned to the possibility of four more years of "Bushie" and all the horrors it will bring.
WHAT????? YOU CAN'T GIVE UP THIS SOON? THERE'S STILL TIME FOR AMERICA TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT A MAN IN POWER WHO STARTS WARS OR ONE WHO'S HAD TO SURVIVE IN A WAR. ...Sharon
(glad you're back!)
Posted by: Sharon Hendry | September 1, 2004 07:58 PM
Amazing photos though, I'd like to see more if you have them.
Posted by: Linus | September 2, 2004 03:43 AM
Love the pix. I agree all the "security" is scary. Last night driving up sixth avenue it looked like someone had declared marshall law.
Don't be resigned. I saw a bunch of cops talking with the protesters confiding that they were voting Kerry.
Posted by: raul | September 2, 2004 01:24 PM