My latest article at Substack is about the artistic voice in times of foreboding. Part personal reflection, part philosophical meditation, it takes a closer look at three artists whose poetry and social commentary pierced the veil of fear and propaganda that held sway in the United States in the decade before the nation’s entry into WW II.

The artists that I take a closer look at from the vantage point of today’s pandemic regime include poets Robinson Jeffers and W.H. Auden and novelist, essayist and social-political commentator Henry Miller.

For the past two years, the coordinated authoritarianism of the Covid-19 regime being methodically implemented worldwide in the name of public health has thrown the fragility and cultural-political rot at the core of modern civilization into jarring relief.

Denial is no longer an option. And the stripping away of illusion comes complete with an eerie sense of déjà vu. The artistic spirit presaged this moment long before the last global decimation.

The article can be read here. I hope that it gives you rich material to reflect on.

Michael