CxD #167: Creativity + Limits + Possibility
I’m still working on commentary for the Sam Harris “Can we Step Back from the Brink?” episode. More on this… eventually. I would just rather not say something problematic out of ignorance, something I have in barrels’ and spades’ worth.
In the meantime, below are some Character explorations:
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When art emerges out of conditions shaped by injustice, inequality, and brutality, we—and by “we,” I specifically mean people viewing the art who are not subject to the conditions under which it was produced—may reflexively expect it to be a transparent vessel delivering the terrible news of its own origins. From that angle, we risk seeing its creators as ethnographers, duty-bound to deliver the particulars of their dehumanization. But not all art that emerges from injustice wants to transcribe it; art can glance obliquely, using stolen sewing pins and tea-bag curtains to suggest longing and determination—to say, You can’t have all of me.
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4. A gem from Tim Urban at waitbutwhy.com:
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