davidbrucehaiku: politics today

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POLITICS TODAY

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Politics today

I feel this way; so do you

It’s really a scream

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RECOMMENDED READING:

Jonathan Jones: How The Scream became the ultimate image for our political age(Guardian)

The face is a greenish sock of sickly flesh stretched tight over the skull. Its features have been burned away by pain. All that remain in the elongated mask are two wide round eyes with dots for pupils, a pair of black nostrils and a mouth open in an oval scream. We’ve all been there. The Scream was created by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893 but it has become a masterpiece – the masterpiece – for our time. […] The Scream is ugly and brutal and belongs in the here and now. It is a symbol we reach for as we might for a strong word, to express what we’re feeling this minute.

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