Most of us, no matter what we say, are walking in the dark, whistling in the dark," Baldwin said in an interview in 1961. "Nobody knows what is going to happen to him from one moment to the next, or how one will bear it. This is irreducible. And it's true of everybody. Now, it is true that the nature of society is to create, among its citizens, an illusion of safety; but it is also absolutely true that the safety is always necessarily an illusion. Artists are here to disturb the peace.
📖 Azar Nafisi
In an insightful interview in 1961, author James Baldwin expressed profound thoughts about the human condition. He suggested that regardless of what we might claim, people navigate life in uncertainty, often unaware of what lies ahead. This unpredictability is an essential part of existence and affects everyone. Societies tend to foster a false sense of safety among their members, but this security is ultimately just an illusion.
Baldwin further articulated that...
