tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415832267636845668.post5516364281314269142..comments2012-09-18T11:19:17.189-07:00Comments on uncg_art_mfa: Privacy and Public StruggleChris Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125249058748408744noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415832267636845668.post-23265365770300819672011-02-20T18:25:56.025-08:002011-02-20T18:25:56.025-08:00I'm glad you guys got something from this. As ...I'm glad you guys got something from this. As I hinted at, this post was actually a bit garbled in delivery, which is unusual for Coates, who generally makes every attempt to be clear in his thinking and writing. I haven't read it, but I think his memoir, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Struggle-Father-Unlikely-Manhood/dp/0385520360%22" rel="nofollow"> The Beautiful Struggle,</a> might also be very good.Chris Cassidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16125249058748408744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415832267636845668.post-91834439641529768752011-02-19T15:30:31.385-08:002011-02-19T15:30:31.385-08:00Ta Nehisi Coates Great!!!! I have been reading his...Ta Nehisi Coates Great!!!! I have been reading his blog all day!!!!Mauricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08733786727488545786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415832267636845668.post-44811126701151065092011-02-19T02:45:25.479-08:002011-02-19T02:45:25.479-08:00Thanks for posting this. The idea that one could t...Thanks for posting this. The idea that one could trade one right for another connects to Benjamin's Author as Producer, which removes artistic production from isolated spheres and into an interconnected social matrix. This idea comes from early Karl Marx, which criticizes the Enlightenment idea of individual rights as something isolating and reactionary. Rights aren't just about individual liberty but can be about expansive social progress.<br /><br />Taking this conversation to art is interesting since art can be so extremely personal and interior and the trade-offs or risks aren't necessarily what we think they're going to be. But to quote that great Marxist Steve Guttenberg from my favorite episode of "Party Down" -- "No risk means no reward."Harry Swartz-Turflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10600892030662706839noreply@blogger.com