[b]Eugenio Montale
Evidently the arts, all the visual arts, are becoming more democratic in the worst sense of the word. [/b]
And not just the Summer blockbusters.
I am perhaps a late follower of Zoroaster and I believe that the foundation of life is built upon the struggle between the two opposing forces of Good and Evil.
I believe. I believe. I believe. I believe. Like that settles it.
There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power.
Let’s look for that on the campaign trail in America.
For my part, if I consider poetry as an object, I maintain that it is born of the necessity of adding a vocal sound (speech) to the hammering of the first tribal music.
For my part, who cares.
This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul.
Like great jazz, maybe.
Strangely, Dante’s Divine Comedy did not produce a prose of that creative height or it did so after centuries.
Just out of curiosity, why strangely?