Robert Motherwell and Harold Rosenberg “The Question of What wWill Emerge is Left Open” 1947 reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 659
This is really interesting
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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Motherwell and Rosenberg
Camus
Albert Camus “Creation and Revolution” from The Rebel. 1953 reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 626-629
Mid 40s American Avant Garde
Mark Rothko “Statement”. 1947 reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 573
With two others
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Picasso Speaks
Pablo Picasso 1935 “Conversation with Picasso” trans. Barr. reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 507-510
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Gihan Perera: Internal Efficacy
Gihan Perera: Grounding our Inner Leadership
Spirit & Sustainability Profile
“In so much of my political work, the benchmark of that was external. It was intellectual, and I mentally related it to my impact on objective conditions. However, so much of what I felt about my larger purpose was so non-related to those benchmarks. What was important was the quality of how I did my work; that was what ended up determining whether victories felt real or hollow. In the Left, we are often fixated on objective reality when in fact it is the subjective forces – consciousness, will, trust, risk, and spirit that determine whether we are able to move things forward. “
"Entertainment- Education and Social Change"
“Entertainment- Education and Social Change”
M.J. Papa, et al, Journal of Communication, 50, 2000, pp. 31-55
This seems to be the ur article for most recent research in this field. Again, what’s useful here is that these folks are taking efficacy seriously, relating it to culture, and are looking for demonstrable effects.
Do It!
The Pink Fairies – Do It (1971)
Listen to this song and you can’t help but be reminded. You can’t succeed if you don’t do it. Don’t think about it, don’t talk about it, don’t write about it, you just gotta do it.
Pointless comedy after the jump…
Trotsky – Literature and Revolution
Leon Trotsky, from Literature and Revolution, 1924 trans. Strunsky reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 443-447
Sironi on Fascism
Mario Sironi “Manifesto of Mural Painting” 1933 reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 424-425
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