beautiful day
My drawing instructor surprised us today with a somewhat unrelated talk related concerning world aids day (which is today). He wanted us all to remember the many (artists) that died of aids and various other attitudes we should all shed. It got me thinking. I mean, that history has always sort of been alive in my collective memory, despite having not been around for it, because both my parents are artists and my mother a theatre professional in particular. It's really really sad. It reminded me of my fucked up global history class and all those kids who actually thought Africa didn't "deserve" our attention for being "backwater" when really, this is hypocritical. as 25 years ago a woman in New York City was forced to dispose of her son's body in a garbage dump , which was the example he gave.. We aren't/weren't that much better. God we're such asses! Only thinking of ourselves.
It was obvious that his speech was really moving, because a. it meant alot to him as a gay male artist and inside his realm of experience and b. i think we all realized how important the history is especially especially as emerging artists. I mentioned it to my mother and she is always surprised to think that I wouldn't remember it [how would I?] Because it seems like just yesterday for her. Another thing he told us was that on dec. 1rst they used to drape the Anna Leonowens gallery with black cloth. Not anymore for a bunch of reasons I guess.
It's strange that this is like an almost erased part of history and that's because alot of the people who lived it are dead. It gives a whole new dimension to that song, I Fell in Love With a Dead Boy which is essential about the erasure of drag/transgender history in New York because of AIDS.
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In addition to thinking about this and trying to "grasp" the enormity of it, today was beautiful because I went for sushi with Kathryn and Morgan and that was so, so nice. I also cleaned the house with my mother to the tune of the Decemberists [very bizarre] and watched the Liberal Leadership speeches like the politics nerd that I am.
-KVC
It was obvious that his speech was really moving, because a. it meant alot to him as a gay male artist and inside his realm of experience and b. i think we all realized how important the history is especially especially as emerging artists. I mentioned it to my mother and she is always surprised to think that I wouldn't remember it [how would I?] Because it seems like just yesterday for her. Another thing he told us was that on dec. 1rst they used to drape the Anna Leonowens gallery with black cloth. Not anymore for a bunch of reasons I guess.
It's strange that this is like an almost erased part of history and that's because alot of the people who lived it are dead. It gives a whole new dimension to that song, I Fell in Love With a Dead Boy which is essential about the erasure of drag/transgender history in New York because of AIDS.
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In addition to thinking about this and trying to "grasp" the enormity of it, today was beautiful because I went for sushi with Kathryn and Morgan and that was so, so nice. I also cleaned the house with my mother to the tune of the Decemberists [very bizarre] and watched the Liberal Leadership speeches like the politics nerd that I am.
-KVC