artistic expression/city's home of knowledge and literacy (or idiot vs. idiot)
The misspelled mosaic has pitted art advocates against language purists. Some argue that artistic expression allows the artist to spell "Gaugan" (the painter known to those who can spell as Gauguin) however she likes, and others say such mistakes do not belong anywhere near the city's home of knowledge and literacy.
I find it odd that there is no information about the artist in the piece, since she's being hung out to dry by everyone else involved, but I guess she refused to participate in the article. I wish I could recall the quote from Spellbound about spelling as a weird meritocratic thing that Americans associate (justifiably and not) with intelligence, but the paraphrase will have to do.
I find it odd that there is no information about the artist in the piece, since she's being hung out to dry by everyone else involved, but I guess she refused to participate in the article. I wish I could recall the quote from Spellbound about spelling as a weird meritocratic thing that Americans associate (justifiably and not) with intelligence, but the paraphrase will have to do.