WHAT PINOCCHIO TRUMP AND GEORGE NOSE ABOUT TRUTH
WHAT PINOCCHIO TRUMP AND GEORGE NOSE ABOUT TRUTH is a 6X8 limited edition signed print. The background is adapted from the first edition of The Adventures of Pinocchio published in 1883. The image of George is from a dollar bill, indirectly.
Over the years Pinocchio the wooden puppet and his expansive nose became a universal symbol for truth-telling. Like the myth of George’s cherry tree or Donald Trump’s. Well, Donald’s nothing.
In a first biography of Washington, Mason Weems wrote that George hacked down his Pa’s cherry tree. The boy’s conscience made him own up to his actions. “I can't tell a lie, I did cut it with my hatchet.”
His pleased Pa said, “Truth, George, is the loveliest quality of youth.”
So the story about George’s honesty spread around the world. Problem is, it never happened. It’s a author’s fabrication. Or at the very least, an alternative fact. His father’s reply is a truthful statement. I wonder what D. Trump Senior would say about his son’s hatchet job. (With a little assist from a chainsaw.)
Liar liar pants on fire is a child’s chanted taunt used against a prevaricator. It’s attributed to William Blake. The poet most likely penned it in 1810. Lately, it’s more than pants afire. It’s a Presidential conflagration.
Over the years Pinocchio the wooden puppet and his expansive nose became a universal symbol for truth-telling. Like the myth of George’s cherry tree or Donald Trump’s. Well, Donald’s nothing.
In a first biography of Washington, Mason Weems wrote that George hacked down his Pa’s cherry tree. The boy’s conscience made him own up to his actions. “I can't tell a lie, I did cut it with my hatchet.”
His pleased Pa said, “Truth, George, is the loveliest quality of youth.”
So the story about George’s honesty spread around the world. Problem is, it never happened. It’s a author’s fabrication. Or at the very least, an alternative fact. His father’s reply is a truthful statement. I wonder what D. Trump Senior would say about his son’s hatchet job. (With a little assist from a chainsaw.)
Liar liar pants on fire is a child’s chanted taunt used against a prevaricator. It’s attributed to William Blake. The poet most likely penned it in 1810. Lately, it’s more than pants afire. It’s a Presidential conflagration.