06/11/2024
I'm reposting this:
"This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilisations heal... I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge — even wisdom. Like art..." -
Toni Morrison, from her stunning 2015 essay entitled *No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear*, as shared via The Marginalian