Re: "What is the role of artists in times of political upheaval? Is it their job to be relentless campaigners for truth and freedom? Or is the production of escapist entertainment just as important for an audience living in fear?"

[Cheerskep]

In a message dated 2/4/11 5:29:45 PM, art...@gmail.com writes:


> "What is the role of artists in times of political upheaval? Is it their 
> job
> to be relentless campaigners for truth and freedom? Or is the production 
> of
> escapist entertainment just as important for an audience living in fear?"
> 
This imposition of a totally arbitrary and effectively totalitarian "role" 
on artists is hideous. It calls to mind "art" under Stalin and Hitler. Not 
to mention that a "role" in this sense of "responsibility" is not a "category 
entity" in the "real world". Behind the facade word is solely a fictional 
entity, a stipulation by a mind, and it has no more non-mental reality than a 
dragon.