After spending a week at the beach, unplugged from all electronics, I am back and ready to knock your socks off. Social media and gadgets are useful, but being plugged in 24/7 does things to your brain. If you’ve never unplugged from all phones, tablets, and computers for a full week, I challenge you to do so. You’ll be glad you did.
Recent painting I completed of a Remington Portable typewriter, Model #1, manufactured in 1921.
Since I was totally unplugged, there are no cool pictures from the trip. All I can offer you is a shot of one the paintings I completed — see picture on the right. If you’d like to buy the painting, come to Richmond Zinefest on October 10th and it’ll be on my table with pretty frame around it and $25.00 price tag on it.
Anyway, the first thing that wallops me in the face when I plug back in is this whole Kim Davis affair, which really peeved me out. For the people who aren’t sure how they’re supposed to feel about Ms. Davis, let me set you straight.
Ms. Davis is not an admirable hero defending religious freedom, or even a plucky little guy giving the finger to the man. She is just another toady in service of the bullying majority.
For once and for all people, let’s get this straight. Denying rights to minorities — like refusing marriage licences to same sex couples, denying voter registration cards to black people, refusing medical service to people who are HIV positive, and so on — is not heroic or admirable.
Majorities don’t need rights because they’re the fricking majority. It’s the minorities who need our protection. It’s what rights are actually for.
Now I drop my mic and leave the stage. I think I’d rather be unplugged.
Robert Mitchell Jr. 