Moving Towards Art
I am enjoying my second art class at Long Beach City; Life Drawing. The nice thing about a picture is I have some control over it. Whether it's good or whether it's bad, I have no one to blame but myself. I can work on improving my technique, or just keep practicing, and no one can stop me. With politics, this is not true. No matter what I do, I will probably have little effect on World Politics, let alone American politics. This is one reason I enjoy my art more than arguing about politics. Let's say I am trying to persudae J.D. to change his mind. I haven't had much luck here, but it is always possible. We can discuss things and there may be change. But when you increase the number of people involved to say ten, I would have to persuade nine people to change their minds, a much more difficult project. The population of the United States is much larger than ten. To make a dent in public opinion would require nothing short of a miracle (or perhaps a Hitler si