Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Bringing Music to Life.

Well I asked the question (see post of 10/10/05) and now it appears I have got my answer. A very good and clever work of art was put on display at the Royal Festival Hall, attributed only to "an anonymous prisoner". It has given pleasure to many who saw it. But it has now been removed following the revelation that the prisoner concerned is a paedophile who raped and killed two young girls. Quite what will now happen to his paper sculpture I don't know, but it would certainly be a shame if it were never seen again. I can understand those who say that he should not profit in any way from it, but I still stand by my original contention that it should be judged on its intrinsic merit independent of its creator.

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