[spectre] a terrible day

[D A N Arenzon]

heath dear, thanks for reading with care; I don’t post but I wanted to be present.

Words only show the part of me that least matters and im in bed with Covid so my brain works slower than usual.
but i´ll try to reply

I was taught we know by love, moved by the goodness with which an object is presented to us. 
I am still a landscape painter who won’t give a step without love and care out of the respect for the environment.
i do know that if i better myself i will better the environment i am part of 

My mentors were active creators devoted to their disciplines, their teachings, their societies, the development of the quality of their feelings
some were marketed but most were not
some were imprisoned - fear was part of our lives -
they all shed light

The only known history of art is the one that makes money so probably no one in this list has ever heard of them.

One day, I arrived with my print plates under my arm at Aída Carballo's workshop (which is like saying I arrived at Dürer's workshop, just so you understand). 
I had had to travel hours because there was the football World Cup in Buenos Aires and millions of imbeciles were in the streets shouting Argentina Argentina! -the dictatorship's climax- and I arrived confused and disgusted, I was 17.
I thought I was wrong, mistaken - Aída, from the height of 40 years of impeccable discipline, looked at me and said: No Dan, you are right; they, are all wrong.

us - them

The perception of the bomb changes if you are under it or above it, but a bomb is always a bomb

we chose creation and we are responsible for us, for them, for those who come, for those who left



> On 05/03/2022 09:21 heath bunting <heathbunting at irational.org> wrote:
> 
>  
> dan
> 
> > Going against the propaganda machine, is simply not possible, its too 
> > vast, too huge, too extended and it molds reality in every possible way. 
> > Counterpropaganda even when supported by private parties and governments 
> > has little or no effect. and to make it just worse, in case you get 
> > really good and effective you may become the next Assange; is that a 
> > desired option?
> 
> i know people in NATO who assess artists' EFFECTIVENESS and either support 
> them materially or disable/ kill them depending on whether their message 
> supports the desired narrative
> 
> > I grew up under military dictatorships sponsored and well orchestrated 
> > by powers who spiritually cleansed and plundered a continent through 500 
> > years Market rules this world.
> > 
> > As to the other world…I work together with an extended family of makers, 
> > artists of all sorts whom we build together the air we all breathe, 
> > here, there and everywhere.
> 
> do you try to protect yourself and loved ones from propaganda in your own 
> personal life and practice ?
> 
> how do you deal with friends, family and comrades that start to subject 
> you to propaganda ? do you have a security strategy you can make public ?
> 
> i have learnt to navigate situations emotionally and to weaponise 
> intimacy in extreme situations of dentention, stalking and isolation
> 
> i have been very inspired by assange conceiving two children with his
> lawyer whilst in arbitary detention - not sure how i would feel about
> this though if i was one of his kids, knowing i was the embodiment of
> an act of rebellion
> 
> hope all is well
> 
> heath