becky schroeder on sun 30 sep 01
i am not a great thinker or a great writer but i am a good reader. this
morning the following was written in the ny times and it certainly said
volumes to me. it is the last paragraph of an editorial about the cultural
changes which have or may occur as a result of September 11. i thought i'd
share it with you.
becky schroeder
Cultural Predictions in the Wake of the Terrorist Attack
By VERLYN KLINKENBORG
"What we need most is the work of artists who do not flinch and who resent,
in spirit, the tarps the city has thrown up around the disaster site in
Lower Manhattan. That work, whatever form it takes, may not offer the
consolation we feel we need now, but then it is not the job of artists to
console us. Their job, however unseemly it may feel, will inevitably be to
fracture this momentary mood, to lead us beyond what is merely safe and
consoling."
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