Venus is currently retrograde in Leo (July 22-September 3, 2023) conjunct Black Moon Lilith, the lunar apogee. These astrological symbols indicate themes related to “art with a twist”, activist art, punk art, outsider art, and art that expresses something uncomfortable or even repugnant to the mainstream. Venus Rx in Leo conjunct Black Moon Lilith also indicates review or reflection on these issues. In light of astrology, I thought I’d recall a darkly funny experience I had in 2019/2020: the small photo above documents dual forms of censorship. It also illustrates how ordinary people censor each other so that “uncomfortable and inconvenient” information never reaches the general public. I ran a “5G Dangers Awareness” poster campaign on public bulletin boards in Castlegar, British Columbia, in 2020 and 2021. Each time I put them up (in multiple locations), the posters were torn down within days. Each time, he replaced the signs. This little game lasted for months. Below the anti-5G sign, you can see a poster for Castlegar’s Open Mic Night. I was the lead organizer for this open mic in 2019 and spent many unpaid hours doing the legwork and promotion to get it up and running. This involved encouraging and promoting other artists. I shared some writings of my magazines at the first three open mics. The third reading involved a folk punk song I had written about fluoroquinolone antibiotic poisoning and the manufacturer of the drug that harmed me, Bayer. I also talked about the recent Bayer-Monsanto merger and the upcoming global march against Bayer-Monsanto. Afterwards, some of the other artists tried behind my back to censor me because what I had read made them uncomfortable. At the open mic I organized. At my own open mic! “I got censored at my own open mic…and other stories from the plutonic punk underground!” I can laugh at this experience now because of how absurd it is, but it was quite traumatic at the time. None of the other artists/founding members stood up for me or my right to perform. I wrote an article about this on my blog at the time, and the gist of it was: Art doesn’t have to make you feel comfortable! Art doesn’t have to be all warm and fuzzy. That is entertainment and there is a difference between art and entertainment. Punk art and activist art are as valuable as teenagers singing rock and roll covers.
*mic drop! *
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