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Sir, I realize that you are a small businessman trying desperately to compete against large corporations; but I take personal offense at your referring to people like me with terms such as "prejudices", "drunkard", "uninformed", "difficult", etc. and not-so-veiled insinuations that I am basically stupid, lazy, and naive.
Like countless other artists, I am simply trying my best to sort through countless conflicting claims from a variety of sources, each claiming to be as correct as yourself, with the honest goals of producing lasting works of art and protecting my priceless health.
I cringe at thinking how many artists and their families have in actuality had their lungs, brains, kidneys, and other vital organs poisoned and have been condemned to die excruciating deaths down through the centuries as unwitting victims of their own art materials. Call me paranoid, but I want desperately to minimize my risks of becoming just another statistic.
Unable to do all the science myself -- no one can, particularly regarding the micro-chemical analyses or long-term studies required to not just say "Those test patches look good to me" -- I have to base my decisions in large measure upon the credibility of the sources I consult, which in turn is based greatly on their consistency with other reputable sources I consult.
If you are right on so many things, and so many others are wrong on those very things, then I sincerely -- sincerely -- feel for you and admire your steadfastness. Believe me (or not), I've been in that position before, on other important issues.
But you do nothing to enhance your credibility with me, or I assume others, with your insulting attitude or tirades about Mount Tinatubo (I assume you are pooh-poohing the warnings from environmentalists -- and the majority of scientitific opinion -- about Global Warming).
And for my money, the Smithsonian Institution -- including the National Portrait Gallery -- is the greatest museum on Earth.
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