From Ralph

02/27/03

The WAR FILE- 1963-2003-RAW

I protest, I protest!! Coming very, very soon..... I protest vehemently against the War- any bloody war. I am seeking out every drawing I have done since the 60's, which in one way or another displays the irony of our crass stupidity. I will miss some things: there are so many. I know nothing will be solved, but I do it for my sanity and World Peace. Everything WRONG will be more WRONG. Every grudge anyone already holds, every wound suffered, every suffering dominating every wretched life, will be exacerbated, and torn open, to bleed and fester yet again. Nothing will be solved. Our leaders are mindless, arrogant and insane. They are our terrible, blatant example of crass stupidity. They are not fit to lead, and they are out of control and loud. The real THIRD WORLD WAR has to be the war against asinine bullshit. The time has come to stop the war, or we have no time at all. STOP NOW!! Fuck Saddam Hussein. He is not worth it. We will be going to war to eradicate a little shit. Re-distribute the billions it is costing to eradicate a little shit. Those billions are needed to save an impoverished world from starvation, disease and oppression 86% of the world's population feels the same way I do. 40 years of drawing must speak for me. Watch for it very soon. I have just finished putting together more than 70 images from all that time. I want it to feel like a blanket bombardment of Art. It is Monday, 24th February 2003. It will take about a week from now for the stuff to start appearing. OK. Bless your hearts! Ralph Steadman..

The ART should start appearing any time now. I am sorry for the delay. Bob is up to his eyeballs in ice, snow and domestic flurry. But Spring is on the way, and even the post still works at the moment, better than emails sometimes...