Facebook: March 29, 2012 at 04:39PM
is also missing Adrienne Rich today. 1929-2012. R.I.P. Today is a day for sad news, I guess.
“… [T]he very meaning of art, as I understand it, is incompatible with the cynical politics of this administration … [art] means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of the power which holds it hostage.” – Adrienne Rich, 1997
“… Crossing the bridge I need all my nerve to trust to the man-made cables.
The blades on that machine could cut you to ribbons but its function is humane. Is this all I can say of these delicate books, scythe-curved intentions you and I handle? I’d rather taste blood, yours or mine, flowing from a sudden slash, than cut all day with blunt scissors on dotted lines like the teacher told.” – Adrienne Rich (1968), “On Edges”
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