Yoko Ono urged the world to give On what would have been husband John Lennon's 67th birthday, the "artist" traveled to Videy Island in Iceland to inaugurate the tower, a stories-tall beam of light that will radiate from a wishing well bearing the words "imagine peace" in 24 languages. Brilliant! (the light, not the art)
The plan is for the tower to be lit each year between Oct. 9 and Dec. 8, marking Lennon's birthday and death day. How morbidly unnecessary and symbolically obvious. Hey John, you're alive -- shine. Whoops, you're dead...lights out.
According to Ono, she came up with the concept for the light tower in 1965, and that Lennon was interested. Sure. He was looking to nail some crazy artistic Japanese tail, and he did so many drugs during the latter Beatles era that he probably didn't know if you were really Asian or if it was too many drugs.
Yoko is the original rock lottery winner, and the only reason anybody cares about what she does is because Lennon was on top of her. Her art and music are unimpressive and could belong to anyone. Everything she does is in Lennon's name or relating to him, since she's irrelevant otherwise.
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