Fighting artists.(World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001 depicted in arts)

In his BIRD'S EYE essay opening our last issue ("It Will Come Down to Fortitude," September), your editor recorded his surprise that so little memorable art has been inspired by the unforgettable destruction of the Twin Towers right in the midst of the art world's home base in lower Manhattan. A number of prickled artists shot back to say they'd been doing their share, and couldn't help it if TAE's editor is deaf, dumb, and blind. (See, e.g., the second letter in our Mail section.)

So we share, with pleasure, some nice examples sent to us this month of interesting visual and musical art which touches on the 9/11/01 trauma. (We note, however, that there are still no New York City artists among our respondents.)

Stacy Osborne of Cincinnati, Ohio wrote: "I am no member of the Manhattan creative class--just a card-carrying member of the NRA and subscriber to The American Enterprise. Enclosed you will find our rock opera 'Adventures in a Fazed Nation.' The September 11 attacks are the climax to the story." It's an ambitious two-CD set.

Marylander Deborah Claxton sent a note saying "my medium is cut paper. I hand-cut thousands of pieces of colored paper and assemble them into paper 'paintings'" She states that "the events of that day brought out my deeply held belief that good is stronger and more resilient than evil, and that life and love will, in the end, be victorious over death and hate." Her work ...