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In a follow up to his Central Park "art display" that attracted nightly ridicule on "David Letterman", self described "artist" Christo and his wife intend to wrap the Arkansas River in Canon City, Colorado.

As an avid hiker and conservationist, to say I am appalled would be an understatement. I think we've so trivialized the word "art" as to make it almost meaningless, but more to the point, what Christo is proposing is essentially tampering with the ultimate art, that of the Great Outdoors. I personally don't want to walk along the river to have my view of all the wonders of nature spoiled by some artist's conception of how he could make it better. And while I do believe art is subjective (an opinion reinforced every time I'm forced to view a Kandinsky), it should take some effort on the part of the artist to create in order to be defined as such. Christo's proposed project takes no such effort; all it takes is an expense account at the local fabric store.