Odds and Ends

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One of my artist friends and his students have been working for days in the hot sun on some cows, altering each of the basic sculptures. The one I saw is fantastic: an Artemis cow, with multiple udders. These cows will be displayed in Istanbul by Sutas, the Turkish milk company and sponsor of the project.
Concurrently, dozens of badly-painted, kitschy cows have appeared on the streets of Our Anatolian City. We didn’t understand where these cows were coming from. It turns out these are counterfeit cows, produced by the mayor’s office. He’s normally a great guy who has done wonders for Our City. But he doesn’t understand public art (what politician does?) And these are copyrighted cows, with strict guidelines for production and display.
So finally a copyright issue hits home through these kitschy, counterfeit, copyrighted vacas. It’s quite funny.
Kloe Can Occasionally Turn from Art and Talk Politics
The national election for parliament is tomorrow. It’s a very important election, and Turks take it seriously, returning in some cases to their hometowns to vote. The conservative religious party, the AKP, has held the majority in parliament and has presided over economic advances, but doesn’t have enough power to elect the president. If it gets more power it can. My liberal university friends hope that the left, or the party of Ataturk (who divided religion and state), will gain votes to provide balance and prevent further fragmentation of Turkey. Plus, my friends don’t trust the AKP for one moment.
Email Quote from my Grandmother
Welcome Other (blue eyes)
Your blog says it's time.
I've said it was TIME a while ago.
We have quite a big mix here, and I hope you can fit.
Things running by reality, necessity. Logic that squeezes out some flipperty-gippet and unfortunately substitutes age for youth.
Think it is called LIFE.
Whatever, Life in California is here, ready or not.
Love,