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Quote by Fady Joudah

“For me, poetry is a form of activism. And that word enables the labelers, and also gives them a rash.”

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Fady Joudah is a Lebanese-born poet known for his translations and original works of Arabic poetry. His poetry blends personal experiences, cultural background, and profound social commentary. more

“Poetry at large in America is naturally a reflection of the American system and culture. That's my possibly narrow view of it, or reductive view. But I think for as many portals for critical consciousness in the poetry world and in the American spirit that exist, there's also an over-arching, dominant mirroring, in poetry, of the corporate structure, the capitalist enterprise.”

Thinking World America Spirit Culture Views Consciousness Reflection Structure Critical Corporate Enterprise Capitalist Dominant Portal Mirroring American Spirit

Author:Fady Joudah

“Since so much of the poetry machine is consumed in and with the mirroring and the reproduction of what is already preexistent, I don't understand why such paranoiac conservatism is dedicated to labels. It's a way of controlling the "other," to label them.”

Way Machines Labels Dedicated Conservatism Consumed Reproduction Mirroring

Author:Fady Joudah

“We all exist in similar systems that mirror and reproduce the same American culture for the most part. What Oscar Wilde said about the lucky author who has a non-literary day job no longer holds, if it ever did. Artists seek validation as much as they seek money. The creation and invention of culture and canon is where most of the trouble lies.”

Ifs Said Jobs Lying Artist Culture Trouble Creation Lucky Mirrors Invention Oscars American Culture Validation Canon Day Jobs Wilde

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“Having financial independence does not increase one's chances of independent, artistic creation whatsoever. Our conditioned behavior toward mimicry for the sake of market forces is an amazing syndrome. The watchtowers guide us well.”

Wells Doe Force Chance Creation Behavior Increase Independent Independence Sake Financial Guides Artistic Syndromes Financial Independence Mimicry Artistic Creation

Author:Fady Joudah

“The more money you make, the more the culture already attracts you to serve it, with an aura of glitter and power, to reproduce it in even stronger ways. And you have to resist that so much if any meaningful artistic integrity is to be had.”

Ifs Way Culture Integrity Stronger Meaningful Artistic More Money Glitter Auras Artistic Integrity

Author:Fady Joudah

“Even the art of quoting is a conservative art most of the time, in order to propel the same ideas and the same self-congratulatory importance.”

Art Ideas Self Order Importance Conservative Quoting

Author:Fady Joudah

“I don't think art is in danger of dissolution or disappearance, and we don't trust enough in its ability and power to create critical consciousness as much as we think we do.”

Thinking Art Enough Ability Consciousness Danger Art Is Critical Don't Trust Disappearance Dissolution

Author:Fady Joudah

“I grew up in Detroit. So my mother always loved big band music.”

Bigs Mother Grew Band Grew Up Detroit

Author:Glenn Frey

“I wanted to sing songs that my voice was comfortable with.”

Wanted Song Voice Comfortable

Author:Glenn Frey

“If you're writing songs by yourself, who's going to tell you if it's good or not? But if you're writing songs with somebody else, you get that immediate feedback.”

Ifs Writing Song Feedback Writing Songs

Author:Glenn Frey

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