balls mk II

I know this isn’t really how blogdom is supposed to work, but this response to the response thread from the NY Times’ piece dated August 1st, stands alone as a definition of what’s useful about Lin’s action.

Since American art hasn’t been able to provoke moral outrage or political response from the government, the avant-garde has been relegated to academia.

An economic trespass, however, may be just what is needed to bring back the spotlight. For there’s a field worthy of vigilant defense!
— Posted by Eric Gelsinger