Tim Miller, AIDS and the Definition of Art

I was disappointed that on the most important day of the year for AIDS activists and the arts community, you chose to devote your cover story to Miller.

While I agree with his politics, your profile of “homeboy hero” Miller (as Breslauer refers to him) read like it was written by his publicist. I would have appreciated less of “teacher, cultural organizer, activist, artistic director and performance artist” Miller (did I forget saint?) and more about how the arts community is responding to human loss as a result of AIDS.

Art = Activism, yes. Art =Self-Promotion, no.

STEPHEN TROPIANO

Ithaca, N.Y.