Is art or the written word more powerful as a means of protest?
I’m sure you as a writer would agree with me that they are both powerful in their own rights. They tend to hit two demographics, with cross-over of course with many others. For the people who are literate and have survived the experience of the American public school system, words have impact, and if the words are broken down to their core, it hits a larger audience. This works for each side that wants control — blue, red, left, right, good, evil, Black Sabbath, Hannah Montana, etc. Images have a huge impact as well. They “speak” to an audience that may not take the time to read an editorial about Halliburton, polar bears, or creationism in public schools (May i just say this — don’t teach your creationism in our schools, and we won’t teach evolution in your churches). With an America suffering from a short attention span, images tend to get the message across quickly, or plant the seed. Hopefully the viewer will feel the need to explore these ideas, and seek the truth, which is laid
