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Ha, all art is dangerous, then. Plato was on the right track in the Republic, but we should go beyond just the poets; we should banish all artists of all walks and media.
Have you guys thought for a moment that the emotional reaction to the film was because of their emotional attachment/concern for/engagement with the real world?
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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