BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 7, 2022
In recent months climate activists have been in a food fight with art museums. Their protests include smearing cake on the protective glass over the “Mona Lisa.” I waver in thinking whether the act of throwing food at a painting is insane, on practical and philosophical levels. But I feel strongly that the sentiment behind the act is spot on. I feel insane reading the news most days. We are facing extinction. More than that, we are creating it: We are the artists of our own extinction, painting ourselves out of the picture. If we are going to allow that then what is the point of the art we’re protecting? Who are we protecting it for? ~ Jackie DesForges