Walter Benjamin on Art (was Re: Jazz)

[Justin Schwartz]

>
>Langston Hughes put the idea of recognition & affirmation of one
>another across time in this way.
>
>*****   "To Make Words Sing"
>
>To make words sing
>Is a wonderful thing --
>Because in a song
>Words last so long.
>
>Langston Hughes   *****
>

Brecht has another variation on this theme, somewhat more bitter:

In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will be singing
About the dark times.

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