"There Are None So Blind..."
I'm not sure if Banksy has explained the significance of the recent statue that had been stealthily erected in the middle of the night in London. The idea of art is to find your own interpretation. So, here is mine. "There are none so blind as those who will not see." - John Heywood. It certainly seems to fit what we are witnessing today- the MAGA mentality, who voted for a man they believe exemplifies patriotism, who truly epitomizes of the American flag waver. "One nation, under God..." People choose to see only what they want to see and this phenomenon is nothing new. I became interested in reading about eight Germans who snuck onto American soil via u-boats during WWII after reading another book, "Shadow Divers," by Robert Kurson. It's about a group of deep sea divers who find a German u-boat at the bottom of the Atlantic near New Jersey in the early 90's. It took them seven years to identify its long held secrets. I found it absolutely ...