Take a critical view, distant from collective thought, emotion, and impulse.
But this places one at a distance from sensationalism and so-called controversy, that is to say, in the realms of reason, restraint, and equanimity, at a far remove from the public imagination and interest, such as it is.
Nonetheless, such things as clarity, integrity, cultural continuity and essential artistic expression demand it. No small things, these.
But this places one at a distance from sensationalism and so-called controversy, that is to say, in the realms of reason, restraint, and equanimity, at a far remove from the public imagination and interest, such as it is.
Nonetheless, such things as clarity, integrity, cultural continuity and essential artistic expression demand it. No small things, these.
