[For the audio version of this article refer here.] Today, perhaps more so than at any time in history, we are experiencing a divide between what is considered to be the “domain” or “confinement” of art as wholly separate from the domain of “politics.”
I need you and Matt to stop being so prolific and thought provoking, so I can get my thoughts in order to finish the episode on you two ;-) Every time I think I have it ready, you come out with something else that I think has to be included. I had this Shelley quote in, from your RTF intro, then took it out, and now am putting it back in. The philosophical is too important to skip over.
And great minds are thinking alike--Robert Malone's Substack today also quoted Plato on the prisoners in a cave, which has led to some interesting discussion in the comments. Here's his link: https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/plato-and-the-big-picture
Yes, I'm guilty of missing what is in front of me. I was once in my garage working on my motorcycle. I needed my short 10mm wrench, which I knew I had just used but couldn't see anywhere in front of me, and I hadn't moved since using it so it must be close at hand. I expanded the search to other parts of the garage. Twenty frustrating minutes later I gave up and went in the house to tell my wife I must be losing my mind. As I was explaining my dilemma to her about the onset of mental deterioration I lifted my arms and then noticed the missing wrench still clutched in my hand from the last time I used it.
You guys open up whole new fields of inquiry which I appreciate. Think an interweaving of the poetic, the literary and the music is essential between leaders and the people. I also believe the roots of where we failed go back far further. Please see and comment on:
I am a devoted fan of Jordan Peterson. He would agree with you. He believes there is deep meaning in narratives, particularly the Biblical narratives.
I believe we have advanced culturally and scientifically by narratives. "Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." Napoleon Hill.
Think of Leonardo Da Vinci three or four hundred years before his time on some of his ideas, or H. G. Wells. I remember reading science fiction stories decades ago of drones. We have them now, for good or ill. The story I read was frightening. The computers had learned to program themselves and learned about "death." They sent out drones to make sure there would be no more "death" for machines and computers. Computer "death" was the off switch. Man was the enemy because Man used the off switch.
There was Dick Tracy's two way wrist watch. He could view the person and talk to them. This was decades before Steve Jobs and the iPhone. At the time the Dick Tracy cartoon was being drawn there was no TV and radio was powered by vacuum tubes.
What is our art today? What is its vision? It seems to be to deconstruction. Is that why all our institutions are being deconstructed before our eyes?
Beautiful message. BTW the story or poetry here was supposed to be about the individual, where he can make enough money to rewrite the story of his/her life. It worked for a bit, as Rock, The Godfather was borne of that era. But as of late people have figured out that world is long gone and that story was more of a sales pitch, so you're right, where do we go from here?
I need you and Matt to stop being so prolific and thought provoking, so I can get my thoughts in order to finish the episode on you two ;-) Every time I think I have it ready, you come out with something else that I think has to be included. I had this Shelley quote in, from your RTF intro, then took it out, and now am putting it back in. The philosophical is too important to skip over.
And great minds are thinking alike--Robert Malone's Substack today also quoted Plato on the prisoners in a cave, which has led to some interesting discussion in the comments. Here's his link: https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/plato-and-the-big-picture
I needed this. Now I know to awaken imagination.
Yes, I'm guilty of missing what is in front of me. I was once in my garage working on my motorcycle. I needed my short 10mm wrench, which I knew I had just used but couldn't see anywhere in front of me, and I hadn't moved since using it so it must be close at hand. I expanded the search to other parts of the garage. Twenty frustrating minutes later I gave up and went in the house to tell my wife I must be losing my mind. As I was explaining my dilemma to her about the onset of mental deterioration I lifted my arms and then noticed the missing wrench still clutched in my hand from the last time I used it.
Thanks for the article. It's poetry.
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This was beautiful
You guys open up whole new fields of inquiry which I appreciate. Think an interweaving of the poetic, the literary and the music is essential between leaders and the people. I also believe the roots of where we failed go back far further. Please see and comment on:
https://open.substack.com/pub/kwnorton/p/deep-history-and-the-cycle-of-abuse?r=boqs0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I am a devoted fan of Jordan Peterson. He would agree with you. He believes there is deep meaning in narratives, particularly the Biblical narratives.
I believe we have advanced culturally and scientifically by narratives. "Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." Napoleon Hill.
Think of Leonardo Da Vinci three or four hundred years before his time on some of his ideas, or H. G. Wells. I remember reading science fiction stories decades ago of drones. We have them now, for good or ill. The story I read was frightening. The computers had learned to program themselves and learned about "death." They sent out drones to make sure there would be no more "death" for machines and computers. Computer "death" was the off switch. Man was the enemy because Man used the off switch.
There was Dick Tracy's two way wrist watch. He could view the person and talk to them. This was decades before Steve Jobs and the iPhone. At the time the Dick Tracy cartoon was being drawn there was no TV and radio was powered by vacuum tubes.
What is our art today? What is its vision? It seems to be to deconstruction. Is that why all our institutions are being deconstructed before our eyes?
Beautiful message. BTW the story or poetry here was supposed to be about the individual, where he can make enough money to rewrite the story of his/her life. It worked for a bit, as Rock, The Godfather was borne of that era. But as of late people have figured out that world is long gone and that story was more of a sales pitch, so you're right, where do we go from here?