In these uncertain times it might be wise
to heed the words of Michelle Obama from
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times:
“Stay vigorous and faithful, humble and empathetic.
Tell the truth, do your best by others, keep perspective,
understand history and context.
Stay prudent, stay tough, and stay outraged.”
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• Sleep at night without fear of someone knocking down your door and arresting you because you sought freedom and opportunity for your family.
• Build a nest for your children in the hope that they will have an education that teaches them to think critically and seek the truth.
• Have access to healthy food, breathe clean air and drink clean water.
• Have access to physical and mental health services.
• Love your partner regardless of their gender identity.
The concept of “home” varies in different cultures. It can be a private family-centered sanctuary, a place tied to ancestry and land, and in many cultures home is a refuge for spiritual beliefs/rituals, relationships and community.
As Ralph Waldo Emerson said,
”A house is made of walls and beams;
a home is built of love and dreams."
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Jeff Key—Website: http://www.jeffmkey.com
Sculpturesite Gallery: https://sculpturesite.com/artist/356-jeff-key
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffmkey/
Hitler’s “Degenerate Art,” Exhibition, Stalin’s execution of Ukrainian poets and writers, Mao Zedong’s “Cultural Revolution,” and Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban’s “Culture Laws” have set a precedent for the current US Administration’s sanction to suppress dissent, cultural autonomy and creative expression.
This transformed interpretation of “American Culture” has resulted in assaulting the Smithsonian Institution with a directive to remove “improper, divisive or anti-American sentiments,” a call to dismantle the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, abolish “woke” performances from the Kennedy Center, defund National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcast Service (PBS), and threaten media outlets that present opposing views.
To see more of Jeff Key's artwork:
Jeff Key—Website: http://www.jeffmkey.com
Sculpturesite Gallery: https://sculpturesite.com/artist/356-jeff-key
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffmkey/
It’s spring but despite the yearning of buds to become flowers the skies over America have turned ominous and there is now a pall over our “purple mountain majesties and amber waves of grain.”
Ramadan recently ended and Passover and Easter are upon us. What would Muhammed, Moses, and Jesus have to say about their legacy? Would they sit by the fire and weep for their disciples, would they scream in outrage about the values of the Earth’s current leaders, or would they break into laughter thinking it was all a joke?
( Apologies to Michelangelo…..
Any resemblance to existing deities, grifters or jesters is entirely coincidental)
To see more of Jeff Key's artwork:
Jeff Key—Website: http://www.jeffmkey.com
Sculpturesite Gallery: https://sculpturesite.com/artist/356-jeff-key
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffmkey/
On Jan. 20, 2025 we will inaugurate Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States and on the same day we will celebrate the birthday of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
The contrast between the two men could not be more extreme. One has just been elected as president on a platform of misogyny, racism, divisiveness and lies while the other spent his life fighting for equality and justice.
Only time will tell which way the political winds will blow…..but we can fight to maintain our inalienable rights, work toward making our communities a better place, and stand by the words of Reverend King who declared that—
“the arc of the moral universe is long
but it bends toward justice.”
To see more of Jeff Key's artwork:
Jeff Key—Website: http://www.jeffmkey.com
Sculpturesite Gallery: https://sculpturesite.com/artist/356-jeff-key
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffmkey/
Summer is a memory, the leaves have turned, and winter looms on the horizon. There’s a crispness in the air as footballs fly and an autumnal accumulation of events comes tumbling into our consciousness.
To see more of Jeff Key's artwork:
Jeff Key—Website: http://www.jeffmkey.com
Sculpturesite Gallery: https://sculpturesite.com/artist/356-jeff-key
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffmkey/
