2023.03.08
From The Discovery of Piranesi's Final Project
JP and I talked about "control of the narrative." Well, I did most of the talking while JP listened, asked for clarifications, and raised questions. I was trying to verbally formulate my feelings of how culture has changed and how much of the 'fighting' going is for "control of the narrative."
My mind started going down this path after reading (and thinking about) Michael J. Lewis's "Trashing the President's House" essay, where, in many ways, the underlying lament is for having lost a control of the narrative. My assessment now is that the President's House: Freedom and Slavery in the Making of New Nation is an adroit design aptly reflecting the consequences of a founding based on core and malevolent double standards.
2017.03.08
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