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DEC 21-JAN 22

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Denounce, Resist, Change, Struggle

The struggle against purpose in art is always the struggle against the moralizing tendency in art, against art’s submission to morality.
                                                       — Nietzsche, The Twilight of the Idols


I denounce those who refuse to denounce;
I denounce those who denounce those who
refuse to denounce; I denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
refuse to denounce; I denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who refuse to denounce;
I denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who refuse to denounce;
I denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
refuse to denounce; I denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
refuse to denounce; I denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who refuse to denounce;
I denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who refuse to denounce;
I denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
refuse to denounce; I denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
denounce those who denounce those who
refuse to denounce.

I resist those who refuse to resist;
I resist those who resist those who
refuse to resist; I resist those who
resist those who resist those who
refuse to resist; I resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who refuse to resist;
I resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who refuse to resist;
I resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
refuse to resist; I resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
refuse to resist; I resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who refuse to resist;
I resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who refuse to resist;
I resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
refuse to resist; I resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
resist those who resist those who
refuse to resist.

I change those who refuse to change;
I change those who change those who
refuse to change; I change those who
change those who change those who
refuse to change; I change those who
change those who change those who
change those who refuse to change;
I change those who change those who
change those who change those who
change those who refuse to change;
I change those who change those who
change those who change those who
change those who change those who
refuse to change; I change those who
change those who change those who
change those who change those who
change those who change those who
refuse to change; I change those who
change those who change those who
change those who change those who
change those who change those who
change those who refuse to change;
I change those who change those who
change those who change those who
change those who change those who
change those who change those who
change those who refuse to change;
I change those who change those who
change those who change those who
change those who change those who
change those who change those who
change those who change those who
refuse to change; I change those who
change those who change those who
change those who change those who
change those who change those who
change those who change those who
change those who change those who
refuse to change.

I struggle with those who refuse to struggle;
I struggle with those who struggle with those who
refuse to struggle; I struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
refuse to struggle; I struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who refuse to struggle;
I struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who refuse to struggle;
I struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
refuse to struggle; I struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
refuse to struggle; I struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who refuse to struggle;
I struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who refuse to struggle;
I struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
refuse to struggle; I struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
struggle with those who struggle with those who
refuse to struggle.

Contributor

Charles Bernstein

Charles Bernstein — In 2021, boundary 2 published Charles Bernstein: The Poetry of Idiomatic Insistences, edited by  Paul Bove, which collected interviews as well as essays on his work from an international perspective. Neeli Cherkovski reviewed his Near/Miss in the November 2020 Brooklyn Rail.  

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