Daggers Drawn

[David Morris]

Both/And or Not-Naught.
Paradox is Reality.

On Sunday, June 14, 2015, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Choosing sides is a primal necessity.  Art transcends.
>
> On Sunday, June 14, 2015, Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mike.weaver at zen.co.uk');>> wrote:
>
>>  Curious contrast between your last two posts, Dave, taking that
>> pollutant 'politics' to mean choosing sides.
>>
>> On 14/06/2015 08:41, David Morris wrote:
>>
>> Perfectly paralleled in today's political commentary. "Both Sidesism" is
>> the current culprit. The mad rampaging elephant in the room? Let's agree to
>> not see it, OK?
>>
>>  Art is polluted by politics.
>>
>>
>> Personally I'd say Lot 49 was the last of the politically non-aligned
>> books. The political anger is there in GR but he was sticking within the
>> limits of John Fowles formulation:
>>
>> *In every field of human endeavor it is obvious that most of the
>> achievements, most of the great steps forward have come from individuals -
>> whether they be scientific or artistic geniuses, saints, revolutionaries,
>> what you will. And we do not need the evidence of intelligence testing to
>> know conversely that the vast mass of mankind are not highly intelligent -
>> or highly moral, or highly gifted artistically, or indeed highly qualified
>> to carry out any of the nobler human activities. Of course, to jump from
>> that conclusion that mankind can be split into two clearly defined groups,
>> a Few that is excellent and a Many that is despicable, is idiotic. The
>> graduations are infinite; and if you carry no other idea away from this
>> book I hope you will understand what I mean when I say that the dividing
>> line between the Few and the Many must run through each individual, not
>> between individuals. In short none of us are wholly perfect; and none
>> wholly imperfect. (**Fowles**, The Aristos, 1964) *
>>
>>
>>
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