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<div style="text-align:justify;">{{tab}}{{qq|''Whereas urban societies produce barbaric substitutes for art, the rejects of such societies, because they approach the community-pattern, are still able to create work which has a human significance. The primitives have seceded or been ejected from the structure of society and its relative security, into {{w|ghettoes|Ghetto|Ghetto}}, {{w|barracks|Barracks|Barracks}}, {{w|huts|Hut|Hut}}, {{w|casual wards|Workhouse|Workhouse}}, and there they have set up a way of life of their own, subject to risks and constraints which make them the indisputable victims of their environment, and the constraint is one which a sympathetic intellectual'' can only share if he shares the circumstances which created it. ''The {{w|Blues}} or the'' {{w|cante hondo|Cante_jondo|Cante jondo}} ''are the product of the contact between this grindstone of adversity and a tradition which is either there already or ready to hand in a few months'': ''the tradition of the Blues came into existence in a matter of years, its form dictated by the circumstances under which it was sung, and its musical pattern by the availability of instruments'' …}}

{{sc|[[Author:Alex Comfort|alex comfort]]}}: ''{{l|Art and Social Responsibility|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alex-comfort-art-and-social-responsibility|Full text at the Anarchist Library}}'' 1946.

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-<div style="text-align:justify;">{{tab}}{{qq|''Whereas urban so&shy;ci&shy;et&shy;ies pro&shy;duce bar&shy;baric sub&shy;sti&shy;tutes for art, the re&shy;jects of such so&shy;ci&shy;et&shy;ies, be&shy;cause they ap&shy;proach the com&shy;mun&shy;ity-pat&shy;tern, are still able to cre&shy;ate work which has a human sig&shy;nif&shy;ic&shy;ance. The prim&shy;it&shy;ives have se&shy;ceded or been ejected from the struc&shy;ture of so&shy;ci&shy;ety and its rel&shy;at&shy;ive secur&shy;ity, into {{w|ghet&shy;toes|Ghetto|Ghetto}}, {{w|bar&shy;racks|Barracks|Barracks}}, {{w|huts|Hut|Hut}}, {{w|casual<!-- 'causal' in original --> wards|Workhouse|Workhouse}}, and there they have set up a way of life of their own, sub&shy;ject to risks and con&shy;straints which make them the in&shy;dis&shy;put&shy;able vic&shy;tims of their en&shy;vir&shy;on&shy;ment, and the con&shy;straint is one which a sym&shy;path&shy;et&shy;ic in&shy;tel&shy;lec&shy;tual'' can only share if he shares the cir&shy;cum&shy;stances which cre&shy;ated it. ''The {{w|Blues}} or the'' {{w|cante hondo|Cante_jondo|Cante jondo}} ''are the pro&shy;duct of the con&shy;tact be&shy;tween this grind&shy;stone of ad&shy;vers&shy;ity and a trad&shy;i&shy;tion which is either there al&shy;ready or ready to hand in a few months'': ''the trad&shy;i&shy;tion of the Blues came into ex&shy;ist&shy;ence in a matter of years, its form dic&shy;tated by the cir&shy;cum&shy;stances under which it was sung, and its mus&shy;ical pat&shy;tern by the avail&shy;abil&shy;ity of in&shy;stru&shy;ments'' &hellip;}}
+<div style="text-align:justify;">{{tab}}{{qq|''Whereas urban so&shy;ci&shy;et&shy;ies pro&shy;duce bar&shy;baric sub&shy;sti&shy;tutes for art, the re&shy;jects of such so&shy;ci&shy;et&shy;ies, be&shy;cause they ap&shy;proach the com&shy;mun&shy;ity-pat&shy;tern, are still able to cre&shy;ate work which has a human sig&shy;nif&shy;ic&shy;ance. The prim&shy;it&shy;ives have se&shy;ceded or been ejected from the struc&shy;ture of so&shy;ci&shy;ety and its rel&shy;at&shy;ive secur&shy;ity, into {{w|ghet&shy;toes|Ghetto|Ghetto}}, {{w|bar&shy;racks|Barracks|Barracks}}, {{w|huts|Hut|Hut}}, {{w|casual<!-- 'causal' in original --> wards|Workhouse|Workhouse}}, and there they have set up a way of life of their own, sub&shy;ject to risks and con&shy;straints which make them the in&shy;dis&shy;put&shy;able vic&shy;tims of their en&shy;vir&shy;on&shy;ment, and the con&shy;straint is one which a sym&shy;path&shy;et&shy;ic in&shy;tel&shy;lec&shy;tual'' can only share if he shares the cir&shy;cum&shy;stances which cre&shy;ated it. ''The {{w|Blues}} or the'' {{w|cante hondo|Cante_jondo|Cante jondo}} ''are the pro&shy;duct of the con&shy;tact be&shy;tween this grind&shy;stone of ad&shy;vers&shy;ity and a trad&shy;i&shy;tion which is either there al&shy;ready or ready to hand in a few months'': ''the trad&shy;i&shy;tion of the Blues came into ex&shy;ist&shy;ence in a matter of years, its form dic&shy;tated by the cir&shy;cum&shy;stances under which it was sung, and its mus&shy;ical pat&shy;tern by the avail&shy;abil&shy;ity of in&shy;stru&shy;ments''{{e|r}}}}
 {{sc|[[Author:Alex Comfort|alex comfort]]}}: ''{{l|Art and So&shy;cial Re&shy;spons&shy;ibil&shy;ity|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alex-comfort-art-and-social-responsibility|Full text at the Anarchist Library}}'' 1946.

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Anarchy 51/Art and Social Responsibility - Revision history

Ivanhoe at 19:07, 30 September 2021

Ivanhoe at 00:57, 29 September 2021

Ivanhoe: Created page with "{{header | title = ANARCHY 51 (Vol 5 No 5) MAY 1965Art and Social Responsibility (excerpt) | author = Alex Comfort | section = | previous = ...."

Ivanhoe: Created page with "{{header | title = ANARCHY 51 (Vol 5 No 5) MAY 1965
Art and Social Responsibility (excerpt) | author = Alex Comfort | section = | previous = ...."