As America celebrates Memorial Day we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars.
If you look at the footballers you look at our celebrity culture we seem to be saying 'This is the way you want to be'. We seem to be a society that celebrates all the wrong people.
PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy.
When I was little I thought isn't it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because it's July 4th.
I don't think art is propaganda it should be something that liberates the soul provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.
I love things that age well - things that don't date that stand the test of time and that become living examples of the absolute best.