art in the face of adversity
Yet one of art’s most compelling features is how it showcases the disjuncts between the time of composition, the time of dissemination, and the time of consideration—disjuncts that can summon us to humility and wonder. Such temporal amplitude understandably falls out of favor in politically polarized times, in which the pressure to make clear
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Art is activism. It’s how artists share their journey, how they fight for change, and how they offer hope. That same spirit fuels our work. We aim to foster creativity as a means of self-expression, healing, and advocacy. Through this lens, art becomes a pathway toward not only emotional well-being but also toward systemic... See more
thescatterjoyprojectinstagram.comDropping the usefulness/uselessness framework restores us to the living purpose of fiction, which is for it to exist: for people to tell stories because they want to tell them. And it also puts artists in the same uncomfortable seat as everybody else; it's our job to save ourselves, and not to use art as a substitute for doing politics.