Aikshrees Kanduraja

A couple weeks later, the Standing Committee of Correspondence meet.

The first new business on the agenda that day is to take a vote regarding artwork.

And they voted no.

They said no.

I was just like, oh, I still don't know exactly why.

Did you ask any of them?

No.

Pablo was not discouraged by this decision.

Of course he wasn't.

He was like, well, if they don't like this Frederick Douglass, I'm going to make them a much bigger Frederick Douglass.

And if they don't like that, I'll paint a smaller one.

And I'll keep painting and donating Frederick Douglasses until the dam breaks and they all go up.

I thought that sounded like a lot of work, at least more than, you know, asking them why they said no.

So I reached out and got a hold of the meeting minutes.

The problem was not about the size or the quality or anything like that.

The problem was that Pablo had crossed a line.

The thing that they voted on wasn't at all about your painting, but a broad rule that would apply to all future situations.

What was the rule?

Don't bring a painting?

No, it's not don't bring a painting.