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STOP ME: Really, lipstick on a pig? That seems a little harsh. But, with the Pollyanna optimism I’m wearing these days as psychological body armor, I prefer to think of it as “a first step.” I’m referring to the new art initiative along Santa Barbara’s State Street in which artists are enticed to provide a splash of color — even beauty — to the terminally vacant downtown storefront windows that have otherwise been dead, dreary, desolate, and devoid.
Lipstick on a pig?…