New ‘public art’ in Bentonville hard to take

One of the first things we are taught as children is to stay within the lines.

Someone has put up this tall pile of yellow and orange junk bikes near the Subway shop in Bentonville. My reaction was that it was a pile of worthless dung. My wife explained that it was some type of abstract art someone had created.

Here is my opinion on this type of so-called art. Suppose I invented several new coffee flavors. Suppose I created one flavor I truly loved but everyone who tasted it vomited it out of their mouth and said it was the worst thing that they had ever tasted. Should I force them to continue drinking it?

Someone built this eyesore and called it art and someone with the Bentonville [Public Art Advisory Commission] authorized the repulsive thing to be displayed so we are all required to look at it. Just like the story about the emperor with no clothes. Any child can see that it is just a pile of rubbish.

I may not be puking every time I see that worthless pile of metal or any other vile piece of so-called art someone else creates, but what am I to do when my eyes begin to bleed every time I see these worthless carnages?

Maybe there should be some type of limits or guide lines for what is considered art and what a worthless eyesore is.

Question: Is this the reaction the artist wanted to hear? BOYD B. MCNIEL Pea Ridge