Peckerwood Manor

Marina Abramović and Willem Dafoe during the Seven Deaths of Maria Callas performance. Source: Sybaris Collection Performance Art is not easy, nor is it liked or understood by scores of people because it can seem like a stunt, which is, in a way, the foundation of performance art. It is supposed to be a confrontational stunt and sometimes it can seem silly or inspire people who don't like art to roll their eyes about "those crazy artsy types". We tend to deride what we don't understand or like, and honestly, art should be for everyone, but not everyone is into art. And that's fine. I don't particularly like football or baseball, but those who love it can wax poetic for hours. For me, art is where I live, so I can do the same, and I enjoy it. Some people roll their eyes at artists, but I roll my eyes at the people who roll their eyes. We could go back and forth until HEY; this could be a Conceptual Art Installation, "Mutual Contempt." That's okay...

I didn't think this was real until I saw it was in Alabama. Of course! Where else would you find a zoo full of jankily painted rocks that are supposed to look like animals? I know the history behind it sounds sweet; Granpappy saw a boulder in the road, said it looked like a bull, tried to find a professional artist to paint it, couldn't, so, dangit, he did it his own damn self.  People pay money to come to a zoo with nary an animal to behold but a field of rocks painted by someone who should be banned from every paint store in the universe. There is a level of fun absurdity about it that would be a wacky good time to see when drunk or high and do fucked up photo shoots all over the zoo. Channeling 70s fashion would be our theme.  Camel toes were the thing in the '70s. Apparently.  I just wanted to offer you some fashion inspo for the trip.  Alabama Rock Zoo awaits! Uncanny resemblance to...um...er...a cow seal. A frog?