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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"My dear Mr. President:"
"A nation may be moved by its statesmen and defended by its military but it is usually remembered for its artists. It does seem to me that you, sir, have discovered or rather rediscovered this lost truth."
- John Steinbeck, 1961
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)It makes me wonder which artists speak for our nation, our generation, at the present.
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)for openers.
FatBuddy
(376 posts)we are well and truly fucked.
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)And that's the point he seeks to make.
FatBuddy
(376 posts)stencils do not a statement make.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)FatBuddy
(376 posts)"my tiny genius made a poopie, let's give him a trophy" generation again.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Jelly much?
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)^^^ That shit ^^^
FatBuddy
(376 posts)when you use words like "jelly" in a sentence that has nothing to do with toast or sandwiches?
wow, just wow.
progressoid
(49,961 posts)was a sublime treatise on the complex interactions within American society. It is a splendid compliment to his on stage oratory. His magniloquence is unmatched.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)The guy with the provocative and often political, but always aesthetically pleasing graffiti work.
Thanks!
Mr.Bill
(24,262 posts)BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)Since it combines all the arts, craft, as well as technology. Trouble is, that has been ruined by commerce as well in the US. There are a couple of film artists who get their visions through, but it's rough going. Take a look at foreign films though, especially the amazing vibrancy from Korea, and you can see it's not dead yet.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)And bad television and music, too, all ruined in large part by the commercial influences.
Banksy and other street artists might be the best examples.
nolabear
(41,956 posts)JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)Wow!
avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)k&r