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...said for the Berrigans that they are, after all, prophets, and it is the business of prophets to prick the human conscience. One need not agree with a prophet to be goaded by him; prophets often have a view of life so single-minded that other perceptions are distorted. But prophets should know, as surely the Berrigans must, that even that dispensation has its limits. What will be on trial at Harrisburg will not be the Berrigans' philosophy, but the facts of the case and, ultimately, their integrity. Barring some monumental misunderstanding or misinterpretation, either the Berrigans or their accusers...
...Bridget Riley has had more than her share of misunderstanding. Few painters have been so ruthlessly plagiarized by commerce. As soon as her tightly organized, black-and-white abstractions began to wrench and prick the eyes of an international public in the mid-'60s, a horde of fabric designers and window dressers moved in. Riley, along with other painters like Vasarely and Soto, became synonymous with Op art; and Op itself became, in the hands of its exploiters, a chic gimmick that could market anything from underwear to wallpaper. By the summer of 1965, it seemed that every boutique...
...Everyday Oneness? Did he say to himself "Now I am walking out on Ada and my little Merilee forever. Now I commend my Merilee to God or whoever Ada can dig up to be her father. Now I am seeing the last of my only keed." ??? Now my prick is black. Grease did that...
...stage. But he raises some questions about what is theatrically valid in the name of "life" and "humanity" and what is not: "One wants a theatre of bare ago. Not a theatre of id, which is what we're seeing today. For example, if one wants to see a prick on stage, one wants to see an creation. A limp phallus means nothing, and it's unattractive. And because of that, I Am Curious, Yellow and Oh Calcutta! are Antarctic and anti-sexual. But on the other hand, what is on the stage must be one step away from reality...
...hurts me-and I am sure I cannot explain the reasons to you if you do not feel the same hurt-to think that anyone would plead to this sensitive and conscience-ridden institution for amnesty if he meant to prick only its social conscience. To tell a professor that you occupied University Hall to free his life style is insulting and saddening. And, if you can't cope with the whole atmosphere of the place ("because they are trying to squeeze the life out of you")... you could leave...