Wokeness in Art and Music

American Thinker.com ^ | July 6, 2021 | Eileen F. Toplansky

[Kaslin]

Daily the Marxists/Leftists/Communists among us infiltrate every aspect of our society. Consequently, "the individual shrinks in proportion as the state grows" yet the Left continues to work towards an alleged utopia even though "this 'ideal society' would be the graveyard of human greatness."

Biden and Harris speak as if "confused ideas and muddy ponds appear deep" when, in fact, they are empty rhetoric. As Nicolas Gomez Davila pointed out "stupidity is the mother of revolutionary atrocities; savageness is only the godmother" and "the greatest modern error is not to proclaim that God died, but to believe that the devil has died."

The true sadness is that "violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it." Hence, literature, history, statues, children's books, humor, film, art and music are now under attack by those whose only aim is the total evisceration of America and her exceptional values.

Consequently, in the lunacy of wokeness, how long will it be before Winslow Homer's images of blacks during the Civil War and Reconstruction years come under attack? After all, Winslow Homer was a white man who dared to paint black figures during this tumultuous time period.

According to the exhibition text titled Winslow Homer's Images of Blacks: The Civil War and Reconstruction Years by Peter H. Wood and Karen C.C. Dalton, "[W]hen Winslow Homer displayed 'The Bright Side in New York City' in April 1865 -- only days after Lee's surrender and Lincoln's death -- black persons were still not allowed to enter the galleries of the National Academy of Design." Clearly this was racism in full bloom and it would be a "full century before art depicting black people would appear on the walls of museums."

[ClearCase_guy]

I suppose it’s just “my personal opinion” but a writing style characterized by “lots of parenthetical quoting” is a little off-putting and “annoying to read”.

[cgbg]

Kooky leftists have dominated the arts world for at least a century.

The long zombie march through the institutions began there.

[a fool in paradise]

The Deep State pushed modern art in the Cold War.

[SMARTY]

Like everything else on earth, art becomes degraded and deformed by association with politics.... ANYONES’ politics:

http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/definitions/nazi-art.htm

[Boogieman]

[Moltke]

So I wasn’t the only one to notice. Phew.

String together a bunch of quotes with some filler words...easy money!