You get to see what they want you to see

" Nude Descending a Staircase" by Marcel Duchamp

Ran into this story which immediately made me salivate. NO! You know that's not true. I have no more interest in pop culture than I have in the Food Channel.

The "real" headline: Casino Carpet Unrolls on the MTV Awards

Well, I wasn't truthful, the Food Channel's OK and it does make me salivate.

Both Britney Spears and the MTV Video Music Awards were looking to make a comeback as the annual extravaganza prepared to get underway Sunday evening in Sin City....

Nope, the reason I'm posting is because I've never watched MTV for more than a couple minutes. To me music is all about the images it conjures for me. I hate videos.

Can you imagine the following as picture books?

Bradbury, Ray: Fahrenheit 451

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Scarlet Letter

Kesey, Ken: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Golding, William: Lord of the Flies

Huxley, Aldous: Brave New World

Tolstoy, Leo: Anna Karenina

Note: I wouldn't even see the films of such books. My pictures in my head were all that were necessary and I didn't/don't want to see anyone else's.

I love art, but an image there is the message/story. I accept the artist's concept.

BTW, that painting above is one of my favorites of all time. It used to be posted in my cubicle for many months. Company policy prohibited displaying nudes or anything else which might offend anyone. I knew no one would no I was getting away with something.

MTV pap via Watever - can't load story

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