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Assuming some responsibilities for
modern woman and exhibiting popular artificial feminine traits, the cow
naturally witnesses consequent modifications to human gender roles. Enjoy the lyrics of The Cry of the Intellectually Challenging
Good Idea I got in touch
with the real me
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© 1999-2003 Parkinson Pino, Creativity within Reason, All rights reserved. |
This
work's composition is reminiscent of Mark Tansey's The Innocent Eye
Test. Elements of the original artwork are transformed to make a social
commentary concerning the confused nature of our complex culture. In the
background on the left hangs a portrait of a bull buffalo. Its design
echoes that of America's buffalo nickel, minted prior to today's Jefferson
design. Directly below the buffalo appears a scroll with the motto "GO
WEST," heralding manifest destiny as a preeminent domain. This tondo symbolizes
the destructive impact of a whirlwind, alluding to the expansive exploitation
of natural resources for a myriad of questionable purposes, justified
by a limited philosophical approach. How now does this American Way persist
in permeating our society today?
Where
the buffalo roamed serving a multitude of Native American interests, the
cow now serves to provide nourishment, protection, and comfort in the
form of meat, pet food, leather, and milk. (Incidentally, humans are the
only mammal consuming milk formulated entirely for the development of
another mammal’s offspring. Humans are also the only mammals consuming
milk well beyond the essential developmental years.) Our society requires
the cow to acquire some responsibilities traditionally held by women.
If this limited philosophical approach persists, it may continue to encourage
the cow to assume more attributes of the modern woman. Eventually, the
engineering of consent may force the cow to acquire other accessories
as well: eye shadow (emulating human eyelid tonal disparity during orgasm),
false eyelashes (simulating doe eyes), tinted contact lenses (because
it is possible), mascara (imitating movie actresses), lipstick (mimicking
the stimulated labia), hairless axillae and legs (characteristics of youthful
adolescence), nail polish (exploiting animals for the cosmetics industry),
and a brazier (possibly contributing to breast cancer along with the practice
of shaving in conjunction with the application of chemical deoderants/antiperspirants).
International gender symbols appear with conventional colors reversed.
Thanks to the cow, woman is now free to be blue. Little boy pink? If anything
goes, everything goes! Emanating from the head of each symbol are seven
dark strokes, emphasizing a contrived ‘separate but equal’ unnatural perfection,
the agenda for the gender frontier. This Haringesque rendition of a gender
bender represents the muddled state of traditional roles and responsibilities
in our complex culture. As a work of art within this artwork, it suggests
the Arts are somewhat responsible for the promotion of such trends and
behaviors.
Currently, this society is co-parented by the Arts (especially the entertainment
industry) and the Sciences, represented by the lab-coated figure with
a clipboard. Over the rim of his glasses, the Sciences study the viewer’s
impression of the cow’s reaction to role modifications the Sciences help
support. Can a culture dominated by technology boldly explore social frontiers
while remembering that for every action, there is an equal and opposite
reaction?
