bob carlton e-mailed me a link to a wonderful article on alternet called truth in the hands of artists that is a conversation between howard zinn and thom yorke. it really is good stuff. here’s a quote:
the truth in the hands of artists, even when they are telling a fiction, even when they are inventing something, becomes a very powerful thing. Because what artists do is lend passion and emotion – they lend a kind of spiritual element to reality that enhances the truth, which gives it an intensity that a simple matter of recounting facts will not accomplish.
Thanks Bob & jonny 😉
it’s a pleasure – loved the link to wim wenders photopgraphy on your site. i never saw that exhibition but i have a set of postcards from it…