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Puti-Puff contemplating a bust of Stalin (2022) Drawing by Edwin Loftus

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Putti-Puff wept at the fall of the Soviet Union and called it "the greatest geopolitical disaster in history." Some may have thought differently, but some of us remember with a nostalgic fondness the long lines of happy Russians, pressed together like sardines, holding tightly to the coat of the person in front of them so no bullies could[...]
Putti-Puff wept at the fall of the Soviet Union and called it "the greatest geopolitical disaster in history." Some may have thought differently, but some of us remember with a nostalgic fondness the long lines of happy Russians, pressed together like sardines, holding tightly to the coat of the person in front of them so no bullies could sneak in line, hoping there would still be food in the grocery when their turn came. We haven't seen that level of comradery and cooperation since. The gleeful excitement of the knock at the door and the anticipation that the "Representative of the People" in your building might have referred you to a friendly MVD agent with free passes to a long vacation in northern Siberia. Yes, those were the days!
They say that the Ukrainians missed things like the reorganization of agriculture so much that they were planning to invade Russia to try to get that kind of fun back again. In fact, they say that 4 million of them enjoyed that so much that they actually died of excitement! Can you believe it?
That must be why they are currently greeting their liberators with flowers and wine and tearing down their own buildings because they remind them of the sad days of separation from Great Russia. Some few million are so happy they are celebrating by taking vacations in Poland and Hungary ... or so Putti-Puff is hearing.
Did not the Georgians, (Stalin's homeland), welcome Putin with open arms, eager to rejoin the motherland?
So, we understand why the richest man in the world, hid a bust of Stalin when those hooligans (led by a Ukrainian) ran through the Kremlin smashing Stalin's statues and slashing his portraits upon hearing of his passing. And we understand now how sad that must have made Putti-Puff and why he has to turn to this one remaining bust to hear those words he longs to hear. "Yes my boy ... you have made me proud."

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Edwin Loftus is an American painter and draftsman born in 1951. His interest in art began at the age of 4 when he decided to draw something real rather than working from his imagination.  As a child[...]

Edwin Loftus is an American painter and draftsman born in 1951. His interest in art began at the age of 4 when he decided to draw something real rather than working from his imagination. 

As a child he excelled at drawing and as a teenager he began to experiment with oil painting. In college, he took courses in art and art history and realized that true art had nothing to do with the quality of the drawing or painting, but that it had to have the ambition to push the boundaries and expand the visual experience. 

He also studied philosophy, psychology and history and quickly realized that it was just another art establishment trying to defend its elitist industry and reward system. Their skills were almost non-existent, they knew nothing about psychology, perception or stimulus response, and they were extensions of the belief system that made communism, fascism and other forms of totalitarianism such destructive forces in the world. They literally believe that art shouldn't be available to ordinary human beings, but only to an elite "sophisticated" enough to understand it. 

Edwin Loftus realized that the emperors of art had no clothes, but they were still the emperors. Gifted in art, he worked hard to acquire this skill. So he found other ways to make a living and sold a few artworks from time to time. For sixty years, many people enjoyed his works and some collected them. 

Today, Edwin Loftus is retired. Even if he sold all his paintings for the price he asked, "artist" would be the lowest paid job he ever had... but that's the way it is.  It won't matter to him after he dies. He just hopes that some people will like what he does enough to enjoy it in the future. 

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