Oy!
Will the corruption and greed never end? Isn’t there a special place in hell reserved for officials like Blagojevich and Madoff, who abuse their positions, and the trust placed in them by others, in order to enrich themselves beyond all reason?
Let us hope that the monster Mammon, pictured in the 8×8 foot mural below, will devour their souls, to be tormented forever, imprisoned in its dark and smelly maw.

***Monster Mammon lurks menacingly beneath Main Street in this mural by me, Rebecca Migdal (©2008) now on display at Exit Art, NYC.***
BTW you can see this painting, along with works by World War 3 artists Seth Tobocman, Peter Kuper and many of New York’s top politically engaged artists, at:
The Labyrinth Wall: From Mythology to Reality
December 14, 2008 - February 7, 2009
Exit Art
475 Tenth Ave, New York, NY 10018
The paintings were all created in situ on the walls of a labyrinth constructed inside the gallery!
Here’s a detail of my piece:

***Monster Mammon's tentacle drill is already breaking ground on Main Street!***
In other news, THE ICE HAS MELTED, and the various other strange phenomena that have been pursuing me, have finally stopped.
I hope.

***The trees genuflected to the Ice Queen, and those too stiff to bend, were struck down.***
There were visitations, messages from Space, and atmospheric anomalies last week. I’ll tell you the whole story…
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