Friday, March 13, 2009

appropriate



I can speak to the issue of appropriateness specifically here at Wissahickon High School. While Alfred and I were working on our "jam mural" in the display case, we were approached by the administration. Apparently they were under the impression that we had drawn a very large part of the male anatomy. It was in fact a specific concentration of energy known as "hyperbeam". But because it was a ball of energy with a tail following it, it was taken the wrong way. We (Alfred and I) were taken completely off guard because our intent was never to draw large phallic figures. And after we were approached and told to change what we had done we started worrying about drawing things that were appropriate. This contradicted the goal of our endeavor which was to draw whatever came to mind without thinking much about it. The entire experience was very awkward because it was so ridiculous. Something we drew that was truly a depiction of an innocent remembrance of our childhood (our obsession with Pokemon) was taken completely the wrong way. Not only that, but we were forced to change it.

Above I have posted a picture of gyarados, and our jampiece. the "questionable" material can be seen on the left of the picture, covered up in red sharpie.

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