The Contrarian replies to an article in the New York Times
disparaging trump for his lack of taste in 'art'
Trump disparaged the play “Hamilton” and a few weeks later attacked Meryl Streep', the fact that this was after both had indirectly attacked Trump is 'artfully' omitted. I would submit that Art is a solace that neuters our reality, or as Friedrich Nietzsche would have it, 'We have art so that we may not perish by the truth.' So instead of concerning ourselves with the micro picture of how many impressive books are on Trump's bookshelves with their holding us hostage in the violence of their narratives or how many Linda Ronstadt concerts he has not held, how about expanding the concept of art to the macro, beyond its cultural cordon sanitaire; for instance, to the aesthetics contained in the equine, the grace of a horse in movement, How about muscular aesthetics of say cultivating the land, if only Obama had advocated this along side the cliched hearing of young poets in the palatial setting of the White House. Ah well, you have to be really educated to champion the established arts.
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