tyranny of context – trading with tragedy

“How do you even begin to say something is flawed, or even bad, if it’s about slavery, the Holocaust or the opioid crisis? Or if the artist has endured personal tragedy? These conditions have engendered a self-perpetuating form of self-censorship on the part of those who view and care about art, a newly ingrained defence …

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native american artist demands indian lands

Nicholas Galanin The artist is demanding everything that have been taken away from them, including the lands. Nicholas Galanin was one of the artists who boycotted the Tear Gas Biennale. He feels that addressing the biological warfare is not sufficient, because there are more deep-rooted problems, that are not addressed, like the reparation of the …

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joan didion exercise

Chanakya Vyas told me about Joan Didion exercise. In order to understand how to practice it, I asked Gemini, “hi! please advise me on the joan didion exercise of copying great writers using handwriting. where can i find resources on that please.” GEMINI SAID: Joan Didion famously taught herself to write, in part, by retyping …

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