Celebrating White Supremacy

("Winter Tree", 2023, original encaustic) Celebrating White Supremacy As the world turns…. ever faster and more wobblier it’s hard to go a day without hearing some reference to ‘White Supremacy.’ Of course it’s a bad thing, right? Sure it is, until you think what it really is. I look around; snow deep outside but here indoors I’m warm no wind or snow, a steady even moderate clime instead, not to mention safe and secure with all the comforts of stove and frig running water and electric light and, not least, Wi-Fi! And then, don’t forget, there’s that trusty internal combustion engine vehicle waiting outside that I can hop in to go to town, to get the mail and more gas, more jeans or nylon jackets or plastic bags, and, of course, more groceries, like pizza and coffee! The list just goes on and on, as I write in miraculous digital bytes with auto-correct to tell me how I’m doing with the ever pesky English spelling and grammar, and I’m left in awe wondering how and why everyone else isn’t celebrating the fruits of this white supremacy the whole world now enjoys or at least aspires to... (1/19/24)