On this last day of 2023, I wish you all health and prosperity in the coming year, and although I’m not holding my breath, I hope the world sees at minimum some sanity in the days to come. 🤞 🤞
Go hug somebody.
I leave you with the words of one of the most criminally underappreciated conceptual artists of the last 60 years, a person who greatly influenced the definition of “conceptual art”. She also has connections to Detroit through works in the DIA collection, Fluxus at Cranbrook Academy of Art, and the Wish Tree at the Rosa Parks Transit Center. Ladies and gentlemen, Ms Yoko Ono…
There may be not much difference
Between Chairman Mao and Richard Nixon
If we strip them naked
There may be not much difference
Between Marilyn Monroe and Lenny Bruce
If we check their coffins
There may be not much difference
Between White House and Hall of People
If we count their windows
There may be not much difference
Between Raquel Welch and Jerry Rubin
If we hear their heartbeat
We’re all water from different rivers
That’s why it’s so easy to meet
We’re all water in this vast, vast ocean
Someday we’ll evaporate together
There may be not much difference
Between Eldridge Cleaver and Queen of England
If we bottle their tears
There may be not much difference
Between Manson and the Pope
If we press their smile
There may be not much difference
Between Rockefeller and you
If we hear you sing
There may not be much difference
Between you and me
If we show our dreams
Posters courtesy of yokoonoofficial @ Flickr
Lyrics by Yoko Ono