This came through cyberspace from my friends Vicki and Lynne in Portland--and it brought a big smile on this cloudy November morning.
- How many artists does it take to change a light bulb?
- One Minimalist to leave the old bulb in place.
- One Romanticist to light a candle, providing the right atmosphere for changing the bulb.
- One conceptual artist to write out instructions, so others can create the actual bulb-changing process for him.
- One Surrealist to use a fish mouth to unscrew the bulb.
- One feminist artist to smash the bulb because it looks too much like an erect phallus.
- One Abstract Expressionist to strew the broken glass around the room.
- One performance artist to roll around on the glass, videotaping the look of pain on his face.
- One installation artist to sweep the glass pieces into piles of various sizes.
- One assemblage artist to attach the broken glass to a wooden pole.
- One graffiti artist to tag the glass with spray paint once the pole is installed outside.
- Plus one janitor to put a new bulb in the fixture, so he doesn't get fired.
