Arms Dealing

Arms Dealing

by | Aug 26, 2006 | Current Affairs | 2 comments

Did you hear the one about the woman who tried to blow up the plane? (via Boing Boing)

I am really concerned as a woman of partial Middle-Eastern ancestery and huge makeup fetish.  Some of you are probably wondering, "what does this have to do with art?"  Well… you radical (democrat),  subversive (not reporting your canvas to the state board of equalization) arms dealing (buying liquid paints), intel gathering (landscape painting) dears, are next.  And you photographers, with secret rooms filled with liquids.  Safe lights won’t protect you anymore….they know all about your cache of liquids.

Remember Dr. Steve Kurtz?

xoxo,

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