One of the reasons I love my partner is that we both enjoy playing devils advocate. I have recently enrolled back in school dedicated to actually graduate from college, as this is the third time. It's not lack of will power or detertmination. Dropping out was an economic choice on one front, but heavily tied to emotional well being and a cross country move on the previous endeavor. But I already feel like the odd man out and it's the second day of class. I don't think myself smarter than the average bear, but I really dislike when adults cannot think for themselves.
To elaborate, when discussing art appreciation, it is inherant that the enjoyment of art is subjective, but is it so much to ask that people leave their religious and moral prejudice at the door. One classmate likened the artist Andres Serrano to a child molester, and claimed mortal offense. But I retorted that an image is a likeness and carries no inherant holiness, nor do the materials elevated the work to such high status. The offense is taken from the title. Coupled with a fundamentally Christian belief that the body is evil. In a room of 54 I was the only truly unoffended person. In short this makes me want to move.
Painting: Piss Christ by Andres Serrano
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The ability to be the Devil's advocate without actually being permanently labeled as "the devil" is certainly one reason we miss you guys - we heart intelligent conversation!
Ah shucks...*flash of embarrasment*
I'll have to tell you some of my return to college stories. People are dumb! From the mom who had more plastic surgery than Joan Rivers but who said people who gauge their ears or cover themselves in tattoos, etc. are evil and bad for messing with their bodies, to the 18 year old who proudly claimed she was a socialist even though she didn't have a clue who Marx was... or really anything about socialism at all. Oh, there's so much more!
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