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One of the most disturbing natures of this time we are in is the pendulum nature of censorship and turning art into artifice.
I see people on all sides turning established work into propaganda or labeling it as dangerous, meanwhile simply thinning out the material;
I see people on all sides turning established work into propaganda or labeling it as dangerous, meanwhile simply thinning out the material;
from Shakespeare to Dahl and in between.
The very thing I was worried would begin to happen - to the delight of those who want to exactly what both Mao and Stalin wanted - destruction of art.
This isn’t a partisan issue. It’s a human issue.
So what can be done?
The very thing I was worried would begin to happen - to the delight of those who want to exactly what both Mao and Stalin wanted - destruction of art.
This isn’t a partisan issue. It’s a human issue.
So what can be done?
Wisdom must prevail. This won’t be won by numbers; it’s won with the strength of memory and discourse.
Why is this happening? Well, many reasons. This isn’t the first time in history. However, I believe there are a few incredibly powerful forces that have been strengthened by a chasm left behind by two things; one is the way the arts and thinking artfully was deemed inessential
at such a massive scale by COVID policies (and I don’t only mean the obvious, there is an art to medicine for example too) but also because of something explained brilliantly here: vimeo.com/112028941
#WarOnMemory
#WarOnMemory
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