Topic: Seven Days

Opportunity censored by hatred, fear

By Christine Anne Piesyk | November 10, 2007 |

Some times we are simply compelled to speak out. To stand up for an idea or principle.

When I received a letter from friends and fellow alumna at Goddard College in Vermont about an incident of art censorship in that state (a fairly rare occurrence in that Green Mountain setting), my ‘compulsion’ turned to action from a distance. I wrote a letter.

Much to my surprise, since I attend Goddard as a low-residency student but live 1400 miles south/southwest in Clarksville, I received a call from the editor of Seven Days, Vermont’s alternative print newspaper in much the same way that Clarksville Online is this region’s online alternative to corporately moderated media.

To begin with, the issue I responded to was a story titled A Wall Has Two Sides by Ken Picard, a Seven Days writer covering a controversial art exhibit by Peter Schumann: Independence Paintings. «Read the rest of this article»

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