thinking about how insane it is that australia and canada were able to rebrand from being literal white ethnostates to saying that “diversity” and “multiculturalism” is an important part of national “culture”
Canada and Australia lend support to US imperialism. said imperialism destabilizes the entire global south. people flee violence and end up in Australia and Canada. now they can celebrate “diversity”
The daily routine of most adults is so heavy and artificial that we are closed off to much of the world. We have to do this in order to get our work done. I think one purpose of art is to get us out of those routines. When we hear music or poetry or stories, the world opens up again. We’re drawn in — or out — and the windows of our perception are cleansed, as William Blake said. The same thing can happen when we’re around young children or adults who have unlearned those habits of shutting the world out.
