Trashpo Jesus Jim Leftwich bestows Trashpo upon Diane Keys in the shadow of Walmart

[DKeys]

[De Villo Sloan]

TOXIS will not willingly give up control.

[DKeys]

This was inevitable.

[De Villo Sloan]

Could you save those someplace w/ "Trashpo Jesus"? With the new art must come "the new interpretation." Those are all it. #3 is my personal fav. Then "jesus founded elgin." How is it even possible - what sort of pretzel logic - that's really impressive.

[DKeys]

I've put together a panel of experts to give a preliminary art critique of this monsterpiece:

art expert number 1:  weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee3e7eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeweeeeeeeeeeweeeeeeee

art expert number 2:  well like it kinda seems like a king of the hill anime thing cuz lik that could be like somebody lik those old books lik e a trashpo collage they're by a walmart supercenter and are having some kind of ritual praying outside of walmart for walmart to be gone since city of elgin is city of trashpo

expert number 3: looks like some creepy stalker robbed jesus and burned down walmart. Robber stoled walmart trashcans. Jesus/Jim is a  caveman.   jesus founded elgin.  the illuminati took over elgin

xpert number 4:  i don't get it

[De Villo Sloan]

Jim so loved the world, that he gave us his only trash.

[De Villo Sloan]

Wait, what you wrote is sinking in. Here is what little coherence there might be in it.

Walmart is evil in the context of the work, a symbol of mindless consumerism, waste, destruction of the planet. Jim brings Trashpo to the Eternal Network (through you and DKult) as salvation in two ways (1) D-Konsumerism - recycling, having different values other than materialism and even spirituality and (2) a different model of culture, where everyone participates and creates a new kind of art. 

There are 2 DK's in the pic. DK receiving Trashpo from Jesus Jim. And on the right bringing Trashpo to the masses - those are fishermen on a beach and it's like the loaves and fishes.

[De Villo Sloan]

DK, I'm glad it arrived. It is everything you say. In some ways I feel bad I stuck you with that monstrosity because, like, what do you do with it after the show? The frame is plastic - spraypainted over - from a Mexican restaurant that went out of business and it goes down hill from there.

if it is on display, do think anyone will feel like it's some blasphemy against Elgin? I used the official city seal.

My dream: Someday people will find it at a yard sale and wonder: "WTF is that thing?" They won't ever be the same.

And, look, it's visionary art. And filter that through Dark wall's mind. It's a depiction of something beyond human comprehension ultimately.

Again, glad it arrived. 

And Jim Leftwich is a martyr. He is no longer a person but a legend - "Jesus Jim," swallowed ultimately into some alternate art reality that he himself created, becoming a character in an asemic narrative that no one can read. He has paid the greatest price.

[DKeys]

yes it did! and my brilliant commentary was deleted by Toxis agents. I will have to wait once again for the cosmic download. This Renaissance Trashpo piece made me laugh and cry at the same time. It is so touching, yet tacky,  rustic, yet refined, high, yet low--it had me all shook up. I could hear the crowd and two Erni's singing choruses of Walleluias--surprisingly the plastic frame allowed for just the right acoustics. What do Elvis, Elgin, Jesus, Barbie, Sam Walton, monkeys and garbage have in common? I'm not sure. It will require much more meditation. This masterpiece with a lower case 'm', will have a prominent position in the Elgin Mansion vestibule. Luckily we have Erni on security. I have no doubts people will try to steal this. Worse art has turned up at the pawn shop. Without my peyote, I can only guess at the meaning. You have Jesus/Jim representing the heart and soul of Trashpo. He is giving life to DKult. Erni is guarding its' integrity. It looks like the flying ninja in the cloud is a great addition to the security team. Walmart is notoriously soul-less, yet they do sell trash, which in turn allows for the creation of trashpo. Do we love them? Hate them? Stubbs makes an appearance as if to say, "I might be a pig, but at least I'm not a corporate pig." Elvis is there because that was Stubbs' favorite artist to twist to, and they are both tragic figures with unusually flexible hips. Tragic like monkeys stealing mail. Tragic like how happy Barbie is to be sold at Walmart so little girls can undress her and cut her hair off. I find it is overall an uplifting piece as it appears that DKult has the approval of Jesus. We emergently need to have this piece insured. It arrived just in time for friday night Bingo night at DKult!

[De Villo Sloan]

Did the piece arrive for the Elgin show?