Are we . . . like them?

It is rumored that the Ostridge bird will stick their head into the sand at the first sign of danger; and, while I find that hard to believe, I cannot seem to find any data to support or refute that claim; however,  I have always heard that putting your head in the sand like the Ostridge is a way to avoid the truth when one does not want to hear it.  So, we (Americans) are like them (Ostridge) when it comes to exposing ourselves to the arts.

On the one hand, we, as parents (well, most of us anyway) have no problems taking our young children to Art Museums where one can see huge sculptures of nude males, like Michelangelo’s David, or a Picasso female nude or even a Rembrandt female nude because they are considered the “Masters,” but will not let boys and girls look through adult magazines which is basically the same; although, one is a photograph while the other is an oil painting.

Yet, we are certainly not like the Ostridge when it comes to daytime television or even early evening television which portrays nudity and homosexuality for instance or the commercials which has almost as much airtime as the show itself. 

Let’s face it, both drugs and porn are being exposed to our children at a very early age not just at home when watching television but in our elementary and high schools, and texting messages and photos back and forth.

But, back to the point; should we be concerned with all the “smut” that is being shown in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC?  Or, since it is not an adult publication, should we simply look the other way, put our heads in the sand, or stand tall as proud hypocrites?  I guess the choice is yours, but meanwhile . . .