Good Grief!

 

Hello Everyone!  I was surfing the net today or, as I like to call it, reviewing the tide of idiocy.  I came across the most fascinating article about a 36 year old woman in New York who plans to give birth in an art gallery as a "work of art".  She is, by trade, a "performance artist" who has, in the past, acted out pivotal moments in her life including her own birth, losing her virginity and her grandfather's funeral.  I suspect "losing her sanity" is currently in the works.  The gallery has been transformed into a "birthing center" and she has been hanging out there for the past couple of weeks so she can "bond" with her audience.  After all, you wouldn't want to give birth in a room full of strangers. When the performance is about to begin, people who have signed a "guest list" will be notified to head to the gallery.  Since it will be "one performance only" the guests will have to be on their toes.  One wouldn't want to arrive in the middle.  The "artist" says she doesn't plan to talk to her audience but (and this is really a quote) " "However, I never know how a performance will progress and sometimes unexpected things happen." She and her artist husband do not knot the gender of the child and have not chosen a name.  May I suggest "Anita Therapist" for a girl and perhaps "Ben Traumatized" for a boy?  Here's a link to the article if you're interested.  http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BIRTH_AS_ART?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-24-03-01-04

As I said before, Good Grief! 

Po