Lady Gaga was in a wheelchair again, on stage in Sydney, Australia, and some in the audience threw eggs at her to show their disapproval. Once again (she is in a wheelchair in her video for Paparazzi) members of the disability community are expressing outrage.
I am a strong supporter of freedom of art. Art is a person's innermost interpretation of some reality or fantasy, truth or fiction. Robert Mapplethorpe always comes to my mind during such discussions of an artists freedom to express. There was a big ta-do over his raw photos of naked men and yes, suggestive FLOWERS. Mostly the outrage came from fundamentalist and anti-gay types. At my job, I posted postcards of his work and had many co-workers (some very religious types) tell me how beautiful the flower was. All they saw was a flower. I got a good laugh out of that.
Lady Gaga is an artist and a damn fine one at that. She was a mermaid on stage, in a wheelchair, since mermaids have no legs and all...does this upset me since I must use a wheelchair all the time? GIMME A BREAK Hey! I say anytime people are talking about people who must use wheelchairs, it is a good thing. Some 12 year old will be talking to another 12 year old and asking, "What's the big deal?" Then they will discuss it, hear and read more about it---I like that. I exist and I am tired of being in the closet.
A friend called me when the TV show Glee began, "There is a character in a wheelchair!" I checked it out---yawn. My main thought was, "I hope he is really disabled." (He isn't. Sigh.) That is insulting to me, but then so is heterosexual actors playing homosexual parts. It is all black face.
But Lady Gaga as a Mermaid? GIMME A BREAK
If anyone can enlighten our mostly able-bodied world, it is Lady Gaga with her wide reach and brilliant artistic visions. One day I predict she will do just that, because we are truly "monsters" in many people's eyes. We are Lady Gaga's peeps.
Many seniors in the retirement community I live in recoil at the mere MENTION of a wheelchair and would rather risk their lives by falling than use one. I find the younger generation sees things differently. But, the world has not embraced wheelchair users yet. I still can't get through the DOORS of the restrooms at most of my doctor's offices. It seems to architects that the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990) was just a fad. So am I bothered that people are talking about art with a wheelchair in it? NO. More, more, more!
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Lady Gaga Wheelchair Art Gross or Welcome?
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Lady Gaga was in a wheelchair again, on stage in Sydney, Australia, and some in the audience threw eggs at her to show their disapproval. Once again (she is in a wheelchair in her video for Paparazzi) members of the disability community are expressing outrage.
I am a strong supporter of freedom of art. Art is a person's innermost interpretation of some reality or fantasy, truth or fiction. Robert Mapplethorpe always comes to my mind during such discussions of an artists freedom to express. There was a big ta-do over his raw photos of naked men and yes, suggestive FLOWERS. Mostly the outrage came from fundamentalist and anti-gay types. At my job, I posted postcards of his work and had many co-workers (some very religious types) tell me how beautiful the flower was. All they saw was a flower. I got a good laugh out of that.
Lady Gaga is an artist and a damn fine one at that. She was a mermaid on stage, in a wheelchair, since mermaids have no legs and all...does this upset me since I must use a wheelchair all the time? GIMME A BREAK Hey! I say anytime people are talking about people who must use wheelchairs, it is a good thing. Some 12 year old will be talking to another 12 year old and asking, "What's the big deal?" Then they will discuss it, hear and read more about it---I like that. I exist and I am tired of being in the closet.
A friend called me when the TV show Glee began, "There is a character in a wheelchair!" I checked it out---yawn. My main thought was, "I hope he is really disabled." (He isn't. Sigh.) That is insulting to me, but then so is heterosexual actors playing homosexual parts. It is all black face.
But Lady Gaga as a Mermaid? GIMME A BREAK
If anyone can enlighten our mostly able-bodied world, it is Lady Gaga with her wide reach and brilliant artistic visions. One day I predict she will do just that, because we are truly "monsters" in many people's eyes. We are Lady Gaga's peeps.
Many seniors in the retirement community I live in recoil at the mere MENTION of a wheelchair and would rather risk their lives by falling than use one. I find the younger generation sees things differently. But, the world has not embraced wheelchair users yet. I still can't get through the DOORS of the restrooms at most of my doctor's offices. It seems to architects that the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990) was just a fad. So am I bothered that people are talking about art with a wheelchair in it? NO. More, more, more!
Lady Gaga was in a wheelchair again, on stage in Sydney, Australia, and some in the audience threw eggs at her to show their disapproval. Once again (she is in a wheelchair in her video for Paparazzi) members of the disability community are expressing outrage.
I am a strong supporter of freedom of art. Art is a person's innermost interpretation of some reality or fantasy, truth or fiction. Robert Mapplethorpe always comes to my mind during such discussions of an artists freedom to express. There was a big ta-do over his raw photos of naked men and yes, suggestive FLOWERS. Mostly the outrage came from fundamentalist and anti-gay types. At my job, I posted postcards of his work and had many co-workers (some very religious types) tell me how beautiful the flower was. All they saw was a flower. I got a good laugh out of that.
Lady Gaga is an artist and a damn fine one at that. She was a mermaid on stage, in a wheelchair, since mermaids have no legs and all...does this upset me since I must use a wheelchair all the time? GIMME A BREAK Hey! I say anytime people are talking about people who must use wheelchairs, it is a good thing. Some 12 year old will be talking to another 12 year old and asking, "What's the big deal?" Then they will discuss it, hear and read more about it---I like that. I exist and I am tired of being in the closet.
A friend called me when the TV show Glee began, "There is a character in a wheelchair!" I checked it out---yawn. My main thought was, "I hope he is really disabled." (He isn't. Sigh.) That is insulting to me, but then so is heterosexual actors playing homosexual parts. It is all black face.
But Lady Gaga as a Mermaid? GIMME A BREAK
If anyone can enlighten our mostly able-bodied world, it is Lady Gaga with her wide reach and brilliant artistic visions. One day I predict she will do just that, because we are truly "monsters" in many people's eyes. We are Lady Gaga's peeps.
Many seniors in the retirement community I live in recoil at the mere MENTION of a wheelchair and would rather risk their lives by falling than use one. I find the younger generation sees things differently. But, the world has not embraced wheelchair users yet. I still can't get through the DOORS of the restrooms at most of my doctor's offices. It seems to architects that the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990) was just a fad. So am I bothered that people are talking about art with a wheelchair in it? NO. More, more, more!
Lady Gaga was in a wheelchair again, on stage in Sydney, Australia, and some in the audience threw eggs at her to show their disapproval. Once again (she is in a wheelchair in her video for Paparazzi) members of the disability community are expressing outrage.
I am a strong supporter of freedom of art. Art is a person's innermost interpretation of some reality or fantasy, truth or fiction. Robert Mapplethorpe always comes to my mind during such discussions of an artists freedom to express. There was a big ta-do over his raw photos of naked men and yes, suggestive FLOWERS. Mostly the outrage came from fundamentalist and anti-gay types. At my job, I posted postcards of his work and had many co-workers (some very religious types) tell me how beautiful the flower was. All they saw was a flower. I got a good laugh out of that.
Lady Gaga is an artist and a damn fine one at that. She was a mermaid on stage, in a wheelchair, since mermaids have no legs and all...does this upset me since I must use a wheelchair all the time? GIMME A BREAK Hey! I say anytime people are talking about people who must use wheelchairs, it is a good thing. Some 12 year old will be talking to another 12 year old and asking, "What's the big deal?" Then they will discuss it, hear and read more about it---I like that. I exist and I am tired of being in the closet.
A friend called me when the TV show Glee began, "There is a character in a wheelchair!" I checked it out---yawn. My main thought was, "I hope he is really disabled." (He isn't. Sigh.) That is insulting to me, but then so is heterosexual actors playing homosexual parts. It is all black face.
But Lady Gaga as a Mermaid? GIMME A BREAK
If anyone can enlighten our mostly able-bodied world, it is Lady Gaga with her wide reach and brilliant artistic visions. One day I predict she will do just that, because we are truly "monsters" in many people's eyes. We are Lady Gaga's peeps.
Many seniors in the retirement community I live in recoil at the mere MENTION of a wheelchair and would rather risk their lives by falling than use one. I find the younger generation sees things differently. But, the world has not embraced wheelchair users yet. I still can't get through the DOORS of the restrooms at most of my doctor's offices. It seems to architects that the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990) was just a fad. So am I bothered that people are talking about art with a wheelchair in it? NO. More, more, more!
Lady Gaga was in a wheelchair again, on stage in Sydney, Australia, and some in the audience threw eggs at her to show their disapproval. Once again (she is in a wheelchair in her video for Paparazzi) members of the disability community are expressing outrage.
I am a strong supporter of freedom of art. Art is a person's innermost interpretation of some reality or fantasy, truth or fiction. Robert Mapplethorpe always comes to my mind during such discussions of an artists freedom to express. There was a big ta-do over his raw photos of naked men and yes, suggestive FLOWERS. Mostly the outrage came from fundamentalist and anti-gay types. At my job, I posted postcards of his work and had many co-workers (some very religious types) tell me how beautiful the flower was. All they saw was a flower. I got a good laugh out of that.
Lady Gaga is an artist and a damn fine one at that. She was a mermaid on stage, in a wheelchair, since mermaids have no legs and all...does this upset me since I must use a wheelchair all the time? GIMME A BREAK Hey! I say anytime people are talking about people who must use wheelchairs, it is a good thing. Some 12 year old will be talking to another 12 year old and asking, "What's the big deal?" Then they will discuss it, hear and read more about it---I like that. I exist and I am tired of being in the closet.
A friend called me when the TV show Glee began, "There is a character in a wheelchair!" I checked it out---yawn. My main thought was, "I hope he is really disabled." (He isn't. Sigh.) That is insulting to me, but then so is heterosexual actors playing homosexual parts. It is all black face.
But Lady Gaga as a Mermaid? GIMME A BREAK
If anyone can enlighten our mostly able-bodied world, it is Lady Gaga with her wide reach and brilliant artistic visions. One day I predict she will do just that, because we are truly "monsters" in many people's eyes. We are Lady Gaga's peeps.
Many seniors in the retirement community I live in recoil at the mere MENTION of a wheelchair and would rather risk their lives by falling than use one. I find the younger generation sees things differently. But, the world has not embraced wheelchair users yet. I still can't get through the DOORS of the restrooms at most of my doctor's offices. It seems to architects that the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990) was just a fad. So am I bothered that people are talking about art with a wheelchair in it? NO. More, more, more!
Lady Gaga was in a wheelchair again, on stage in Sydney, Australia, and some in the audience threw eggs at her to show their disapproval. Once again (she is in a wheelchair in her video for Paparazzi) members of the disability community are expressing outrage.
I am a strong supporter of freedom of art. Art is a person's innermost interpretation of some reality or fantasy, truth or fiction. Robert Mapplethorpe always comes to my mind during such discussions of an artists freedom to express. There was a big ta-do over his raw photos of naked men and yes, suggestive FLOWERS. Mostly the outrage came from fundamentalist and anti-gay types. At my job, I posted postcards of his work and had many co-workers (some very religious types) tell me how beautiful the flower was. All they saw was a flower. I got a good laugh out of that.
Lady Gaga is an artist and a damn fine one at that. She was a mermaid on stage, in a wheelchair, since mermaids have no legs and all...does this upset me since I must use a wheelchair all the time? GIMME A BREAK Hey! I say anytime people are talking about people who must use wheelchairs, it is a good thing. Some 12 year old will be talking to another 12 year old and asking, "What's the big deal?" Then they will discuss it, hear and read more about it---I like that. I exist and I am tired of being in the closet.
A friend called me when the TV show Glee began, "There is a character in a wheelchair!" I checked it out---yawn. My main thought was, "I hope he is really disabled." (He isn't. Sigh.) That is insulting to me, but then so is heterosexual actors playing homosexual parts. It is all black face.
But Lady Gaga as a Mermaid? GIMME A BREAK
If anyone can enlighten our mostly able-bodied world, it is Lady Gaga with her wide reach and brilliant artistic visions. One day I predict she will do just that, because we are truly "monsters" in many people's eyes. We are Lady Gaga's peeps.
Many seniors in the retirement community I live in recoil at the mere MENTION of a wheelchair and would rather risk their lives by falling than use one. I find the younger generation sees things differently. But, the world has not embraced wheelchair users yet. I still can't get through the DOORS of the restrooms at most of my doctor's offices. It seems to architects that the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990) was just a fad. So am I bothered that people are talking about art with a wheelchair in it? NO. More, more, more!
Lady Gaga was in a wheelchair again, on stage in Sydney, Australia, and some in the audience threw eggs at her to show their disapproval. Once again (she is in a wheelchair in her video for Paparazzi) members of the disability community are expressing outrage.
I am a strong supporter of freedom of art. Art is a person's innermost interpretation of some reality or fantasy, truth or fiction. Robert Mapplethorpe always comes to my mind during such discussions of an artists freedom to express. There was a big ta-do over his raw photos of naked men and yes, suggestive FLOWERS. Mostly the outrage came from fundamentalist and anti-gay types. At my job, I posted postcards of his work and had many co-workers (some very religious types) tell me how beautiful the flower was. All they saw was a flower. I got a good laugh out of that.
Lady Gaga is an artist and a damn fine one at that. She was a mermaid on stage, in a wheelchair, since mermaids have no legs and all...does this upset me since I must use a wheelchair all the time? GIMME A BREAK Hey! I say anytime people are talking about people who must use wheelchairs, it is a good thing. Some 12 year old will be talking to another 12 year old and asking, "What's the big deal?" Then they will discuss it, hear and read more about it---I like that. I exist and I am tired of being in the closet.
A friend called me when the TV show Glee began, "There is a character in a wheelchair!" I checked it out---yawn. My main thought was, "I hope he is really disabled." (He isn't. Sigh.) That is insulting to me, but then so is heterosexual actors playing homosexual parts. It is all black face.
But Lady Gaga as a Mermaid? GIMME A BREAK
If anyone can enlighten our mostly able-bodied world, it is Lady Gaga with her wide reach and brilliant artistic visions. One day I predict she will do just that, because we are truly "monsters" in many people's eyes. We are Lady Gaga's peeps.
Many seniors in the retirement community I live in recoil at the mere MENTION of a wheelchair and would rather risk their lives by falling than use one. I find the younger generation sees things differently. But, the world has not embraced wheelchair users yet. I still can't get through the DOORS of the restrooms at most of my doctor's offices. It seems to architects that the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990) was just a fad. So am I bothered that people are talking about art with a wheelchair in it? NO. More, more, more!
Lady Gaga was in a wheelchair again, on stage in Sydney, Australia, and some in the audience threw eggs at her to show their disapproval. Once again (she is in a wheelchair in her video for Paparazzi) members of the disability community are expressing outrage.
I am a strong supporter of freedom of art. Art is a person's innermost interpretation of some reality or fantasy, truth or fiction. Robert Mapplethorpe always comes to my mind during such discussions of an artists freedom to express. There was a big ta-do over his raw photos of naked men and yes, suggestive FLOWERS. Mostly the outrage came from fundamentalist and anti-gay types. At my job, I posted postcards of his work and had many co-workers (some very religious types) tell me how beautiful the flower was. All they saw was a flower. I got a good laugh out of that.
Lady Gaga is an artist and a damn fine one at that. She was a mermaid on stage, in a wheelchair, since mermaids have no legs and all...does this upset me since I must use a wheelchair all the time? GIMME A BREAK Hey! I say anytime people are talking about people who must use wheelchairs, it is a good thing. Some 12 year old will be talking to another 12 year old and asking, "What's the big deal?" Then they will discuss it, hear and read more about it---I like that. I exist and I am tired of being in the closet.
A friend called me when the TV show Glee began, "There is a character in a wheelchair!" I checked it out---yawn. My main thought was, "I hope he is really disabled." (He isn't. Sigh.) That is insulting to me, but then so is heterosexual actors playing homosexual parts. It is all black face.
But Lady Gaga as a Mermaid? GIMME A BREAK
If anyone can enlighten our mostly able-bodied world, it is Lady Gaga with her wide reach and brilliant artistic visions. One day I predict she will do just that, because we are truly "monsters" in many people's eyes. We are Lady Gaga's peeps.
Many seniors in the retirement community I live in recoil at the mere MENTION of a wheelchair and would rather risk their lives by falling than use one. I find the younger generation sees things differently. But, the world has not embraced wheelchair users yet. I still can't get through the DOORS of the restrooms at most of my doctor's offices. It seems to architects that the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990) was just a fad. So am I bothered that people are talking about art with a wheelchair in it? NO. More, more, more!
Lady Gaga was in a wheelchair again, on stage in Sydney, Australia, and some in the audience threw eggs at her to show their disapproval. Once again (she is in a wheelchair in her video for Paparazzi) members of the disability community are expressing outrage.
I am a strong supporter of freedom of art. Art is a person's innermost interpretation of some reality or fantasy, truth or fiction. Robert Mapplethorpe always comes to my mind during such discussions of an artists freedom to express. There was a big ta-do over his raw photos of naked men and yes, suggestive FLOWERS. Mostly the outrage came from fundamentalist and anti-gay types. At my job, I posted postcards of his work and had many co-workers (some very religious types) tell me how beautiful the flower was. All they saw was a flower. I got a good laugh out of that.
Lady Gaga is an artist and a damn fine one at that. She was a mermaid on stage, in a wheelchair, since mermaids have no legs and all...does this upset me since I must use a wheelchair all the time? GIMME A BREAK Hey! I say anytime people are talking about people who must use wheelchairs, it is a good thing. Some 12 year old will be talking to another 12 year old and asking, "What's the big deal?" Then they will discuss it, hear and read more about it---I like that. I exist and I am tired of being in the closet.
A friend called me when the TV show Glee began, "There is a character in a wheelchair!" I checked it out---yawn. My main thought was, "I hope he is really disabled." (He isn't. Sigh.) That is insulting to me, but then so is heterosexual actors playing homosexual parts. It is all black face.
But Lady Gaga as a Mermaid? GIMME A BREAK
If anyone can enlighten our mostly able-bodied world, it is Lady Gaga with her wide reach and brilliant artistic visions. One day I predict she will do just that, because we are truly "monsters" in many people's eyes. We are Lady Gaga's peeps.
Many seniors in the retirement community I live in recoil at the mere MENTION of a wheelchair and would rather risk their lives by falling than use one. I find the younger generation sees things differently. But, the world has not embraced wheelchair users yet. I still can't get through the DOORS of the restrooms at most of my doctor's offices. It seems to architects that the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990) was just a fad. So am I bothered that people are talking about art with a wheelchair in it? NO. More, more, more!
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