Robert L. Summers

November 7, 2007

Pinkwater! How do you respond when well-meaning parents tell you that your work is inappropriate? I was recently turned down for a small grant by my school’s P.T.O because my artwork is inspiring but inappropriate. Should I feel proud to be rejected by the mainstream? (This is the same school that has five copies of “Lizard Music” on its library shelves which are usually checked-out.)

I usually agree with them.