Social Commentary

Stop Clutching Your Pearls and Start Embracing Artistic Expression

In consideration of:
The board of the Tallahassee Classical School pressured Principal Hope Carrasquilla to resign last week after an image of the David was shown to a sixth-grade art class.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/florida-principal-forced-resign-showing-students-michelangelos-david-statue

If you don’t read any further, at least consider this:
The affliction of political correctness quashes individualism, dismissing it while proclaiming to be for it.
Don’t let the beliefs of the woke dictate society’s progress and reduce our thinking to no more than that of Neanderthals under the guise of “progress.”

If you got this far, keep going, your invested.
It’s 2023, and we’re still dealing with the consequences of our ancestors’ prudishness. Oh, how I long for the good old days when a glimpse of an ankle was enough to make men clutch their pearls! Now, we’ve traded in the ankle for the female nipple, and artistic expression is falling victim to the same tired mentality.

The labeling of art as pornography only perpetuates the idea that nudity is inherently sexual and, therefore, immoral. It’s a belief that is as ridiculous as it is outdated. We’ve come so far as a society in terms of sexual liberation, but we still can’t seem to shake this hang-up born from our puritanical roots.
Instead of censoring the beauty and creativity that can be found in certain forms of art, we should embrace it. It’s time to leave behind these archaic beliefs and move forward as a more progressive society.

When we label art as pornography, we refuse to acknowledge the genius goes into creating it. We deny the artist recognition and reduce their work to nothing more than crude smut. This is a major disservice to the artists and civilization as a whole.

Art, by its very nature, is meant to push the boundaries of what is conventional and acceptable. It’s meant to challenge us and make us think in new and innovative ways. But when we condemn certain forms of art because they involve nudity or sexual content, we stifle creativity and limit our potential for growth as a society.

For centuries, artists have used nudity and sexuality as a tool for commentary and expression. To dismiss it as mere pornography is to ignore the more profound meaning and intention behind the artwork and says more about the person doing the dismissing than it does the art.

So, let us leave behind the labels and embrace the art for what it truly is – an expression of the human experience in all its wonderful, diverse, and sometimes naked forms. #GiveThePrincipalHerJobBack

By Shaun Sima
https://chef-pocket.com/aboutme/


P.S. I post for my edification as part of my dedication to jumping into the deep end of the internet brand pool. My posts are part raw life journal and part discovery of my voice.

P.P.S There isn’t very much satisfaction in getting the world to accept your viewpoint and praise you. If you only want to hear your opinion, talk to the mirror.

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