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All the Presidents Noses
Starting with his inauguration in 2000, I cut George W Bush’s nose
out of the New York Times every day. Some were small, some large, color
and black and white. It gave me a sense of purpose to battle my depression
in this way. It may not seem like a lot, but it added a little sunshine
to my day that I was able to spend time with a razorblade each morning,
careful cutting a rectangle around the edge of Bush’s nose. Each
nose was carefully removed from the paper, cataloged and added to my collection.
Somehow I gained power in this, hunting for him every day and finding
his image in the newspaper again gave me pleasure. Pleasure to mask the
pain of his tenure. |
