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Counterpoint to the mandatory optimism: https://harpers.org/blog/2008/01/brecht-to-those-who-follow-in-our-wake/ https://harpers.org/blog/2008/01/brecht-to-thos
by HarryHirsch 7y ago
Counterpoint to the mandatory optimism: https://harpers.org/blog/2008/01/brecht-to-those-who-follow-in-our-wake/ https://harpers.org/blog/2008/01/brecht-to-those-who-follow-...
- ggm 7y agoBrecht was however, fundamentally an optimist. Consider "in praise of communism". You could have pointed to woodcuts by Masreel if you really wanted to lower the mood. More depressing art of the working poor I cannot think of, Doré aside.
- HarryHirsch 7y agoW.H. Auden possessed great sanity: "As I went out one evening ..."