Bill Kauffman on artists spurning state sponsorship: Conscientious objectors who wish neither to wield nor submit to power are as impractical as unemployed poets, whiskey priests, and dandelions. The libertarian/anti-statist view has never had much of a constituency, but I’ve been thinking about how rapidly it seems to be losing ground these days.
Remembering Scott Kim’s graphic work I couldn’t resist sharing this hypnotic, fractal piece.
From today’s Epistle reading: “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”
(after a mention of Hesse by @ayjay). I’ve always dismissed Hermann Hesse as a lightweight writer who’s mostly known in our time because he briefly became popular with hippies. (Like Kahlil Gibran?). I’m wondering if I dismissed him too easily. Anything of lasting value that I should read?