The James Logan Courier

By Tierra Negra, Courier Correspondent

Would you give a gun to someone enraged with society? Was not such enragement the cause of Germany to arouse into a military power that originated Second World War? What perfect nonsense! No one would… or should… but then again the United States allows Israel to have nuclear weapons among all the others that are denied to possess them! Were they supposed to be more responsible with their use?

I see a couple of ironies in regards to Israel. First the fact that even though it has been supported by a hard core capitalist country they had to create little units based in a communal type of organization (kibbutz) to be able to tend and inhabit the new land prone to invasions. Second is, how could people that have been subjected to so much persecution be willing to repeat the same abuses unto others? Would it not make them more understanding and wise? Not according to this movie, where their portrait is abusive and arrogant.

From wikipedia:
Alice Neel (January 28, 1900 – October 13, 1984) was an American artist known for her oil on canvas portraits of friends, family, lovers, poets, artists and strangers. Her paintings are notable for their expressionistic use of line and color, psychological acumen, and emotional intensity.

Alice Neel was born in Merion Square, Pennsylvania, and moved to the rural town of Colwyn, Pennsylvania, when she was about three months old. She took the Civil Service exam and got a high-paying clerical position after high school in order to help support her parents. After three years of work, taking art classes by night in Philadelphia, Neel finally enrolled full-time in the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Neel often said that she chose to attend an all-girls school so as not to be distracted from her art by the temptations of the opposite sex.

Read more about Alice Neel at thepaintingimperative.com.