President's Blurb: May 2021

I enjoy reading science fiction novels.

​That is, well written, creative science fiction that requires a bit of thought, reflection and some understanding of space dynamics. And, yes, of course there must be use of a proton blaster, that they’ve conquered cool fusion and have hyper space drive (you gotta get from A to Z in a hurry). I recently found an author that I love with one hell of an imagination and was pleasantly surprised when this passage was the intro to a chapter in the novel I’m reading at present:

“After the Quiet War, when art was no longer supported by state funds or by those more interested in iconoclasm, the grotesqueries of the previous centuries died a deserved death. People were no longer satisfied or impressed by political messages in an age when politicians and ideologues had become objects of ridicule. Higher general intelligence and broader knowledge of the world, of the solar system, also enabled them to at last see through the obfuscations and justifications of lazy but glib pretenders to art. Something of a renaissance occurred when art returned at last to its natural state of being beautiful objects or elegant design that people are prepared to pay for. Thousands of artists, who previously would not have considered producing objects of beauty, now started producing. Legions of art critics whose greatest skill was analysis of non-existent meaning discovered an urgent need to retrain. And the time had returned at last when a gorgeous painting taking weeks of skill to produce might garner more praise than a frozen pig’s penis in a glass of vodka.”

How can I end this but to ask you to forget about politics, forget about ideologies and just go make some beautiful art. Then enter it in the upcoming Members Only Spring Show Exhibit.
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Your President of your LAA, Terry Palmer, tpalmer@cox-internet.com