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Been thinking a lot of this Beuys piece and works from artists created during the span of the vietnam war and the civil rights movement. The optimism that if only there were enough dialogue created with their pieces, you could galvanize individuals to organize and together enact change.
I’m wondering if Beuys were alive today would he still hold onto that same sliver of hope?
(Joseph Beuys, I Like America and America Likes Me)
Jan 23, 2025
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as someone who works adjacent to higher ed i often think about this. but i also always recall this toni morrison quote:
“I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.”
as someone who wants my career to be rooted in my ethics, i def have a very “be the change you want to see in the world” sort of outlook. it may be a bit corny but it def helps me navigate all these opposing issues alongside my personal beliefs. i think the “no ethical consumption under capitalism” idea is often be used by others to be dismissive of working toward change, but i also think, in your case, this phrase applies.
May 18, 2024
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His stuff proves that people were just as weary/traumatized a hundred years ago as we are now. And, that there is definitely an antidote. It might get worse before it gets better (rec-in-rec to read his "Fear and Misery...".) But, he really believes that personal growth up and out of despair starts with evaluating how media affects our perception of the world. I'm really into Bert. An earnest guy that gives me hope.
Jan 30, 2024
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just finished this book and it was so lovely! the passages on art as a method of revolution and keeper of community really struck me, here’s a bit -
“Before we wrote books, we sang songs, we painted on walls, we told stories by the fire. We wove our histories into fabrics, and our dreams into baskets. We sculpted our gods out of clay. Art is deeply human, and in communities of color, our art is what has endured above all else. As white supremacy and colonization toppled our buildings, deposed our leaders, banned our languages, even stole our bodies- we still kept our art alive. The threads, the brush strokes, the sung notes of our art kept us connected to our ancestors and to one another..... Art is what makes our communities, communities.”
Mar 25, 2025
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