Ogg's decision to apply for a grant has given him official standing as an artist. Now that hunting and gathering are no longer necessary for his corporal existence the skills of hunting, killing, and processing creatures are a legitimate forms of art, when exercised by someone other than the reformed Ogg. As tribute to Oggs growth as a human, I have performed my own one man four scene exercise.
There are problems with my piece, however. The first is that at conclusion there are several useful products meat for the freezer, a skin for Slang's back, and of course the tallow to be used as Ed Norton instructed us in Fight Club. Art is only valuable for its own sake therefor a resultant product corrupts the whole process. Another issue is the taking of game. We've been instructed that this is legitamit as long as we honor the Great Spirit and the spirit of the creature. Unfortunately this dishonors the tradition of artist as instructor of rational atheism. I don't believe we have a separation of church and state issue, however, as long as Christianity is not endorsed.
An important aspect of the piece is the joy expressed by the doe at having acheived a purpose higher than her own pathetic existance mirroring Oggs emergence from his own selfish existence through the granting process.
The next piece for which my funding is pending will address those problems. I will hunt and kill an American bison on the ranch of neo-capitalist Ted Turner. Since the animal will be provided by the taxpayer and Ted, I can havest it without giving thanks to any power larger than our blessed government from which all good things flow. I will also destroy the meat or leave it to the wild things. Teds separation from Jane leaves open the question of his response to my art. The NEA grant should more than cover any court related expenses.