HOBBYHORSE*

"Freedom: DADA DADA DADA, the howl of clashing colors, the intertwining of all contradictions, grotesqueries, trivialities: LIFE." [T. Tzara, "Dada Manifesto," 1918]

The DADA exhibit openend up at the MoMA last weekend and was a nice escape from the increasing humidity.

During a weekday cab ride between sales calls this week I heard a a personality on NPR saying how American it was to bring together the artists associated with DADA in one comprehensive exhibit.

Who cares? There's alot of interesting stuff to look at. And without sounding compeltely ignorant, whats art without being entertaining.

*dada: 1920, from Fr. dada "hobbyhorse," child's nonsense word, selected 1916 by Romanian poet Tristan Tzara, leader of the movement, for its resemblance to meaningless babble.