heidi chronicles: When Art fights the Law

Thursday, March 20, 2025

When Art fights the Law

Sally Mann's exhibit in the Forth Worth Museum was seized by police for being "obscene." [I interviewed Mann in 1993 for a paper, specifically focusing on her collection At Twelve and Immediate Family.] For those of you experiencing a case of deja vu when reading that sentence, yes, in fact, we did already settle this exact issue in 1990 with the Mapplethorpe obscenity case, and y'all I'm tired, but more than that, I am concerned that this time when Art fights the law this time, we will lose. I am very much trying not to feel as though we have already lost, and to focus instead on where to go from here.

1. Loyalty.
2. Forbearance: self-control towards others.
3. Hardihood.
4. Generosity: not just a simple matter of giving away what one has, but "Largitas in a man caused him to set no store on greed or gifts, and to have nothing but contempt for bribes."
5. Benevolence. The Davidic ethic: It is the strongest quality of the preudomme - benevolence of the strong toward the weak.
6. Honor: honor is achieved by living up to the ideal of the preudomme and pursuing the qualities and behavior listed above.

7. Championship: everywhere and always be the champion of the Right and the Good against Injustice and Evil.

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