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Thank you to the Independent’s Online and George Lithgow for the Headline

The story is about an artist who gathered used and discarded rope that would otherwise have to be destroyed and who took it back to his studio, washed and sanitised said rope and then turned it into a artwork, which looked just like a pile of old rope.

Is this chicanery of the highest kind or is it an excellent example of upcycling and turning waste into something if not useful then desirable and hygienic?

Just like the story of the Emperor’s Clothes, if enough people believe the pile of old rope is Art of the highest degree than it is. If institutions who want to display it to the public as such , think it is , then it is.

Art is Art to those who behold it. If the market place decides it’s worth £1 million then so be it.

If an Art Critic says it’s Art then it is.

If I say it’s a pile of old rope than I’m an idiot and know nothing.

It is just a story about old rope and how it can be transformed and made valuable if enough people want it to be.

Why shouldn’t they worship a pile of old rope?

Thanks to Jacob Phillips for this Headline. In the Online Standard.

Well London, weather is happening, it’s been an unusually mild November and rain is forecast for the weekend. There’s going to be more rain in Wales than in London, so this weekend may not be the time to escape. Anyway you know the routine, soggy pavements, overflowing drains, feeling sorry for homeless people and their dogs as you walk by.

You won’t be able to see properly out of your windscreen on the perilous M4 when you return from that trip to Uxbridge that you have to make for work. You remonstrate loudly within the confines of your car at other road users and lorries who seem not to have noticed the torrential rain. You sit there silently in the traffic queue caused by an collision far off in the distance, regretting the decision to buy that soft top when the salesman warned you that winter was coming and that the all electric 4×4 was what you needed, you poo pooed him. Well it is winter now, the forecast is dropping temperatures and your little car is not very good on ice.

You make a little joke to yourself.” London will be like hell freezing over.” It makes you want to cry.

Namaste and Thank You for Reading.

Thank you to the Independent and Nicole Wootton-Cane for this headline

My first reaction on reading this headline was the fear of a small hole in a dam turning into a torrent and would the people have time to evacuate. It’s a horrible situation to be in and what do you take with you?

The area that needs to be evacuated is 70 miles North of Houston, and the dam is privately owned and the Company who owns it is having to drain some water off to reduce the pressure. However, surely we should worry that no one was doing checks on behalf of the private Company. For heavens sakes there’s equipment to identify earthquakes or cameras that can record 24 hours a day. Apparently it was a local who heard the “whoosh” of water and reported it. Bit like the little Dutch boy who put his finger in the hole of a dyke and prevented disaster.

Either way I hope that the people affected are safe and can return to their homes. I also hope that the Private Company is made to take more responsibility to ensure everyone’s safety. If we can have weekly rockets into space, then we can have this dam monitored properly and remedial repairs done promptly .

Namaste and Thank you for Reading