Tim Samoff // Weblog (old)

October 25, 2004

Nine days...

To tell you the truth, I thought I’d write something about politics all the way up until November 2. The funny thing is, this recent interest in American politics is relatively new for me — they never really mattered too much before. But, today marks the end — despite my innately obsessive need to finish what I start — of any pre-election political entries on this Weblog. I just don’t feel like talking about it anymore. Sorry.

I’ll leave with something that interests me far more than politics ever will: art.

Currently, the Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, in Overland Park, Kansas, is exhibiting a show called, “Contemplating War” (it is showing until November 7). The pieces were created by Melanie Baker, Mandy Durham, Dominic McGill, Jesse Small, and Do-Ho Suh, but it was set up in a way which made individual attribution difficult (so I hope the artists can forgive me). The pieces are well-crafted and emotionally moving. The exhbit is small — four pieces — and I recommend you check it out (if not in person, on the web).

Here is a photo I took of a sculpture that looks eerily reminiscent of early European chainmail worn by some Christians during the Crusades…But look closer:

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