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Bonus points if you can guess the song without googling the lyrics. I get it. My writing has been lagging lately. My posts have been bleak. The honest truth is that the doom & gloom essays are the ones I’m most hesitant to post. They’re the least fun to write. Trouble is, the state of the world is all-consuming. Every time I take my eyes off it, I'm ambushed. By this logic, if I stay locked in, I won't be surprised. I'll admit, I often fall prey to the overwhelm of the daily

Joseph Anton Koch, inferno, 1825-28 “The old world is dying and the new one is struggling to be born. Now is the time of monsters.” -Antonio Gramsci, written in his prison notebooks circa 1930 while imprisoned for opposing Mussolini’s fascist regime This writing will not be pretty or polite. It will not be polished. But it will hopefully have some substance and conclude with a plea. These days it’s all I can do to Type. One. Word. In. Front. Of. The. Other. I’m an artist, a v

Gil Scott-Heron, American jazz poet and musician known for his spoken-style performances, immortalized the words, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” in his 1970s hit song. What does the sentiment mean? A revolutionary himself, Gil Scott-Heron claims that change will not occur through messages delivered to your TV screen, but only by a change of heart followed up with meaningful action. This playlist is the story of American life and politics in this moment as I see it.