Amiri Baraka with one of the best explanations I've heard for why creativity/the arts are at the center of expressing our humanity, having life philosophies, human society-making, fostering a thinking future generation, and realizing the great contribution of artists. BAM➡️2day
Happy birthday to the realest ever to do it, who would say things in casual conversation braver than what you're willing to say privately in your own head, Amiri Baraka
Here he explains the why bourgeois society is dehumanizing and actively sanctions counterfeit dilute 'art'