"A Country Ruled by Faith" by Gary Wills

And fortunately the collective hallucination has come to an end.
In 2000 many artists cocooned and hid from the penetrating eye of the
faith driven collective, now we're back, and it's taken far too long.

Hopefully, the censored, paranoid climate has crashed and burned.
Nice times to be creative. Does this mean mash-ups are no longer needed?
Can we actually generate new ideas? I can get back to making new Art
(capital A, without the hedging or self-denial).

;-))
Eric

> A fascinating article in the current New York Review of Books: "A Country
> Ruled by Faith" by Garry Wills ( http://nybooks.com/articles/19590 ). The
> article looks at the Bush administration's faith-based justice;
> faith-based
> social services; faith-based science; faith-based health; and faith-based
> war.
>
> Congratulations to you all in the USA on a better turn of events in the
> mid-term elections.
>
> ja
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Don't underestimate the power of the politicians at large.

"Don't worry there will always be another war."
Leon Golub, 1998

Hopefully time can change for the good.


On 11/8/06 10:44 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:

> And fortunately the collective hallucination has come to an end.
> In 2000 many artists cocooned and hid from the penetrating eye of the
> faith driven collective, now we're back, and it's taken far too long.
>
> Hopefully, the censored, paranoid climate has crashed and burned.
> Nice times to be creative. Does this mean mash-ups are no longer needed?
> Can we actually generate new ideas? I can get back to making new Art
> (capital A, without the hedging or self-denial).
>
> ;-))
> Eric
>
>> A fascinating article in the current New York Review of Books: "A Country
>> Ruled by Faith" by Garry Wills ( http://nybooks.com/articles/19590 ). The
>> article looks at the Bush administration's faith-based justice;
>> faith-based
>> social services; faith-based science; faith-based health; and faith-based
>> war.
>>
>> Congratulations to you all in the USA on a better turn of events in the
>> mid-term elections.
>>
>> ja
>> http://vispo.com
>>
>>
>> +
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> Don't underestimate the power of the politicians at large.
>
> "Don't worry there will always be another war."
> Leon Golub, 1998
>
> Hopefully time can change for the good.
> Leon Golub, 1998
>
> Hopefully time can change for the good.

No I don't underestimate that power, but, this last power structure was
unique.
It worked the fear "card" in ways I've never seen before. It attempted to
destroy the individual and replace it with the greater good , however
ill-precieved.
This rightist conglomerate forced creative individuals underground and
made some move oversees, fragmenting the will to criticize. Faced with the
unending and relentless censorship by the overseers of the "rightist
faith", the creative mind sought sanctuary. Unfortunately while the
creative individual was in sanctuary the audience sought entertainment
from without and the void was filled by poseurs and clowns. Now the
floodgates are open, the poseurs are exposed and the will to scream "I
exist" is back in play. You can make art that isn't ironic,
self-reflective, cool or otherwise "RIGHT".
We can thank the right-wing for re-invigorating the existential through
their failure.
Camus would be very happy.
Eric

"To be is to be precieved." -Berkeley "Cogito, ergo sum."

>> Don't underestimate the power of the politicians at large.
>>
>> "Don't worry there will always be another war."
>> Leon Golub, 1998
>>
>> Hopefully time can change for the good.
>> Leon Golub, 1998
>>
>> Hopefully time can change for the good.
>
> No I don't underestimate that power, but, this last power structure was
> unique.
> It worked the fear "card" in ways I've never seen before. It attempted to
> destroy the individual and replace it with the greater good , however
> ill-precieved.
> This rightist conglomerate forced creative individuals underground and
> made some move oversees, fragmenting the will to criticize. Faced with the
> unending and relentless censorship by the overseers of the "rightist
> faith", the creative mind sought sanctuary. Unfortunately while the
> creative individual was in sanctuary the audience sought entertainment
> from without and the void was filled by poseurs and clowns. Now the
> floodgates are open, the poseurs are exposed and the will to scream "I
> exist" is back in play. You can make art that isn't ironic,
> self-reflective, cool or otherwise "RIGHT".
> We can thank the right-wing for re-invigorating the existential through
> their failure.
> Camus would be very happy.
> Eric
>
>

Errr…not to downplay current or past events, or the jubilation that many feel
right now, but I would hardly call the current power structure "unique." The
description you just gave sums up almost every repressive regime that has ever
existed. Create a rallying point (usually by way of fear), stifle opposition,
restrict freedoms, and silence the intelligentsia.

The real danger is that a simple election will not "undo" human beings' eternal
stupidity to fall for the same ridiculous tricks over and over. Wait a few
years.
-Alexis


On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 [email protected] wrote:

::Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 01:43:26 -0500 (EST)
::From: [email protected]
::To: Lee Wells <[email protected]>
::Cc: [email protected], Jim Andrews <[email protected]>, Rhizome <[email protected]>
::Subject: Re: RHIZOME_RAW: "A Country Ruled by Faith" by Gary Wills
::
::> Don't underestimate the power of the politicians at large.
::>
::> "Don't worry there will always be another war."
::> Leon Golub, 1998
::>
::> Hopefully time can change for the good.
::> Leon Golub, 1998
::>
::> Hopefully time can change for the good.
::
::No I don't underestimate that power, but, this last power structure was
::unique.
::It worked the fear "card" in ways I've never seen before. It attempted to
::destroy the individual and replace it with the greater good , however
::ill-precieved.
::This rightist conglomerate forced creative individuals underground and
::made some move oversees, fragmenting the will to criticize. Faced with the
:: unending and relentless censorship by the overseers of the "rightist
::faith", the creative mind sought sanctuary. Unfortunately while the
::creative individual was in sanctuary the audience sought entertainment
::from without and the void was filled by poseurs and clowns. Now the
::floodgates are open, the poseurs are exposed and the will to scream "I
::exist" is back in play. You can make art that isn't ironic,
::self-reflective, cool or otherwise "RIGHT".
::We can thank the right-wing for re-invigorating the existential through
::their failure.
::Camus would be very happy.
::Eric
::
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