“It’s an astonishing journey in paint,” wrote Marion Woodman, Acclained Jungian analyst/author in a 1993 letter to H Margret. “I’m returning your slides and photos but I am keeping two and one is pinned over my desk.” Philadelphia’s Museum of Art tormented Dr. Barnes during his life for his Impressionist collection with every possible derision, insult and harassment. Yet, the Museum broke the Dr. Barnes legally binding will to take possession of his Impressionist collection to save their museum. Inside corruption of the  Barnes Museum Board, Director, and others broke the careful work Dr. Barnes had done to prevent this before he died. So that’s how the game is played. Deride, harass, penalize—and then take the spoils. The movie “Art Theft” documents how this theft was done. 

 The newest art form is memes. Memes are pictures, cartoons and photos with added words, art, symbols and collages to express the truth of situations. Memes cannot be edited, or removed easily by AI or other digital censorship processes. Memes are an exciting new creative tool for everyone to use.

The point of these stories ? Creative work is always at the edges of the old expression forms and must prove its worth by acceptance from the people at large. The choice of the people is always correct.The choices of the committees and juries often disappears in the stream of time. Who were the artists making all the commission money when Impressionism was emerging? We don’t know their names or their work.