Never Forget

While some may say that art such as Land of the Dead and other pieces which use material such as 9/11 as obscene or tasteless or even insensitive, I take a different approach. They are necessary. We must keep such events engrained in our memories. In doing so we honor the dead. Art using the events of 9/11 lets us do that. "Never Forget" We as a country must never forget. Now for those opponents of using 9/11 as a subject I say unless there is blatant disrespect for the dead, every painting, every movie, every play, book, sculpture etc., that uses 9/11 as it's subject is a memorial to the victims of that day. I personally see art like this and it doesn't remind me of tragedy. It reminds of my cousin who was a firefighter on that fateful day. Though the day is negative, raw and painful still for many of us who had family there the day will always be that whether there is art about it or not. Why get upset by it. Embrace it. See it for what it is. A monument to the lives lost that day not a blasphemous use of an event for shock value.