Anakana Schofield, The Guardian; What we gain from keeping books – and why it doesn’t need to be ‘joy’
"The metric of objects only “sparking joy” is deeply problematic when
applied to books. The definition of joy (for the many people yelling at
me on Twitter, who appear to have Konmari’d their dictionaries) is: “A
feeling of great pleasure and happiness, a thing that causes joy,
success or satisfaction.” This is a ludicrous
suggestion for books. Literature does not exist only to provoke feelings
of happiness or to placate us with its pleasure; art should also
challenge and perturb us.
We
live in a frantic, goal-obsessed, myopic time. Everything undertaken
has to have a purpose, outcome or a destination, or it’s invalid. But
art doesn’t care a noodle about your Apple watch, your fitness goals,
active lifestyle, right swipes, career and surrender on black pudding.
Art will be around far longer than Kondo’s books remain in print. Art
exists on its own terms and untidy timeline."
Ethically-tangled aspects of 21st century societies and cultures. In the vein of Charles Darwin’s 1859 “entangled bank” metaphor—a complex and evolving digital ecosystem of difference and dependence, where humans, technologies, ethics, law, policy, data, and information converge and diverge. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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Thursday, January 10, 2019
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