Blunt Wit

Well, for one, artists, comedians, politicians and crazy people all view the world a little differently than most of us. They start on common ground – the stuff of everyday life – and then they veer catawampus into virginal territory and drag us along for the joyride. They view the world cock-eyed. They twist reality into strange shapes like a clown does oblong balloons for kids. They view the world askew and corrupt us with their oblique observations. They seduce us with our own sense of wonder, amazement and suspension of disbelief.
But then that’s why we love’em. We love perky perspective. We put a shine on for fresh ideas. We bend over backwards for a tantalizing touch of something other than what we are accustomed to.
Artists, just like their politician/comedian/insane brethren, come in all shapes and sizes: visual, musical, crafty, verbal, you name it. Being enamored with the written word I tend to truck with writers. But I have seen a quilt that’ll knock your socks off and a ceramic bowl that’ll glaze your eyes over. Not to mention songs that put the dance in your soul and pictures that transport you to a different plane.
And comedians are as close to crazy people as they come. I think it takes a full blown untreated neurosis to find laughter in the utter absurdity of our collective existences.
Ah, but I reserve my warmest-hearted opprobrium for politicians. They forever vacillate between pandering sycophant and enlightened leader. Always reading our fickle moods and saying what we want to hear. Then on some capricious whim, they inject their own twisted logic into the mix and lead us off to some silly war here or convoluted trade deal there.
I guess our world would be a whole lot duller without them.

Tell me – who is your favorite comedian/politician/artist/crazy person of all time??? (Note I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours)