Artist Pamela
Bliss recently painted a 38-foot-tall mural of legendary Indiana author Kurt Vonnegut as part of the 2012 Super
Bowl XLVI public art project. It may be found on Massachusetts Avenue, a
bustling street in the exciting Lockerbie neighborhood in downtown
Indianapolis.
Dan Wakefield |
Vonnegut, often compared to Mark
Twain, is considered by many to be among the greatest American writers. His
novels include Slaughter-House Five, Cat’s Cradle and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, among others.
As a writer and human, Vonnegut was often at odds with
conventional wisdom.
He called out the year 1492 in his novel Breakfast of Champions. “As
children we were taught to memorize this year with pride and joy as the year
people began living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North
America. Actually, people had been living full and imaginative lives on the
continent of North America for hundreds of years before that. 1492 was simply
the year sea pirates began to rob, cheat, and kill them.”
Photo courtesy Indianapolis
Star, Frank Espich, photographer. Thanks to cousin Adam Newton for tipping
me on the mural.
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