Chris 🏳️‍🌈🧵🧝🏼Jun 22, 2025

I read a post recently that decried making #art for art’s sake in such troubled times.

I heartily disagree.

Making art, no matter the purpose, brings joy and beauty into a world sorely lacking in both. Sure, art can be a form of protest, but let’s not be limiting the Muses when we need them most.

Show thread@BegoniaArizonaJun 22, 2025
@elfkin I have been thinking of Eastern Europe during the years of Soviet occupation. When Czechoslovakia had its first free election they chose poet and playwright Vackav Havel for president. Why? Because nurturing the human spirit is essential to surviving tyranny. Art saves lives..
Show threadVassil Nikolov | Васил Николов

Yes.

To expand the story, Havel was elected chiefly because he had proved that he was for freedom and against totalitarianism, with deeds and not only words.
And we can say that Art was important to his beliefs and his actions during the communist regime.

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VacLav

@BegoniaArizona @elfkin

Jun 23, 2025 at 11:08amWeb
Show thread@BegoniaArizonaJun 23, 2025
@vnikolov @elfkin thank you for elaboration and clarification