I’m well aware I’m about to pop the top on a whole can of worms here, and don’t take this as a blanket endorsement of the picture, but…
My point: Art inspires art. Art informs art.
Why put Cole Porter on a pedestal and and say, your work here is done? Why put the Police in a box and say no else can take what you’ve done and try to make new meaning from it? And why, why, why would you want to put Shakespeare behind glass and tut-tut at anyone who has the audacity to put their own idiosyncratic print on a play?
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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