Skarbakka has described his art form as “an artistic response” to the Sept. 11 attacks, but he said from New York it is not an imitation of the World Trade Center jumpers. Other falling photos in his portfolio feature nature scenes, he said. The MCA shots, along with the businessman’s suit he wore, produced an impression he did not intend, he said.

Skarbakka said watching the 9/11 images “was profound.” Viewing the images on TV that day, “it was like I was slipping and I couldn’t catch myself. Like many people, I felt a loss of control,” the artist said. His art is intended to reflect that loss of control, not mimic the WTC jumpers.

So it’s not that he’s an insensitive jerk, he’s just a fucking moron who doesn’t understand why people would be offended by an “artistic response” to 9/11 in which a businessman falls off a building. Not much of an improvement.

By the way, what’s up with all this “right side of the bed” business? Is getting offended by bad art a conservative trait or do you just consider anyone who says something you disagree with to be a liberal traitor? After two and a half years of blogging, I’d think my liberal bona fides would be solid enough by now…

Walking and Falling
By Laurie Anderson (1982)

“I wanted you.
And I was looking for you.
But I couldn’t find you. I wanted you.
And I was looking for you all day.
But I couldn’t find you. I couldn’t find you.
You’re walking. And you don’t always realize it, but you’re always falling.
With each step you fall forward slightly.
And then catch yourself from falling.
Over and over, you’re falling.
And then catching yourself from falling.
And this is how you can be walking and falling at the same time.”

Once again finding you on the right side of the bed. Make up your mind.

What an asshole.