Body shaming? Double standards? Hate?
This was art. Hard to look at, but still art.
Art doesn't have to be pretty. It doesn't have to be censored. It's not about being politically correct or conforming.
It's about the OPPOSITE of these things.
It's to make you feel something. Promote a dialogue. Point out a flaw in the world. Show a blemish. Whether it makes you cringe or smile, art is this ridiculously unapologetic thing that just has to exist to be what it is.
Good art and bad art? These are interpretations. A brilliant author may be unrecognized in his time and die penniless... and a few centuries later, he's recognized as a literary genius.
Perspective over time.
My perspective?
This statue highlighted an important point with the Republican candidate.
If you take away his rich suit, strip away his hubris, comment on his body as he has commented so horribly about the bodies of others, and call him an Emperor (which is what he would be, even if he claimed the mantle of President)... You get a real, unadulterated, completely uncensored look at the candidate as he really is.
It may be hard to look at... But the truth usually is.
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