While the back, forth and further back of the healthcare situation continues to descend into something resembling an Ionesco play or a Bosch painting, the rest of the world continues to proffer interesting details. And, though I hate to abandon the amusing dynamite that is the political commentary down below the line here so very often, as the Advocate's arts editor, I regularly pen a column these days, Art in Paradise. And for that column, I'm always in search of matters artistic worth pondering. (And you can always go a post or two back to witness the fury of the chattering class if you've taken your Dramamine.)
So it turns out that orangutans, in addition to having a very cool name and showing up in an awesome bit of literature, have been observed creating what can best be described as a musical instrument. And I have an arts column to write. So I'm pondering, in part, what music an orangutan might make. It's interesting in light of things like elephant art, especially. Check it out for yourself. More later…
ADDITIONAL:
A TV news story that just keeps getting crazier. (Warning: no political content. Unless you're a Bear-American.) H/T to Probably Bad News.
