Apropos of nothing, and yet everything, especially Cheerskep's occasional comment that most of the comments on this list address visual art (painting, drawing, and sculpture) and very little deals primarily with literature, dance, music, or theater:
The First Amendment protects ... speech. And the Supreme Court has included under that term any form of public communication, i.e., paintings, photographs, and other depictions; songs and performances of songs; dances, theatrical productions, hybrids like performance art and happenings; sculpture; and, of course, written and spoken language. And then there's that pesky first line of the Gospel of John: "In the beginning was the word." Logos. The creative act of speech! See what I mean? Know what I'm saying? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Michael Brady
