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Subversion turns history.
As the technicians of siege warfare learned long ago, the favored method of breaching a fortress is to sap its walls. So too is subversion the favored method of bringing down authority. Subversion has always marched arm-in-arm with art. As the great Civil Rights leaders looked to Thoreau’s doctrine of civil disobedience, as the great muckrakers looked toward Blake’s investigative poetic wanderings, as the great feminists looked to the stoic passion of Dickinson and Lowell—so too do we reflect, with this portfolio, on the marriage of subversion and art.
The provocative social anarchist Mikhail Bakunin said that Man had only two instincts: to think, and to rebel. Surely, without thought, rebellion is a meaningless thrash; and without rebellion, thought is inconsequential. Art, for many, has been the answer. Art communicates not just to the present, but to the future. It resonates with our subversive instinct and has the power to turn history.
Thus, with one eye on the past as we forge onward, we are proud to present these broadsides of Subversion.
FEATURES:
– A Rat Surrendered Here, by Emily Dickinson.
– Caution, by Walt Whitman.
– Civil Disobedience, by Henry David Thoreau.
– Common Sense, by Thomas Paine.
– Holy Thursday, by William Blake.
– My Testament, by Taras Shevchenko.
– Etienne de la Boece, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
– Sonnet LXIII, by Michael Drayton.
– The End, by Amy Lowell.
– London, by William Blake.
This unique Broadside is one of many in our Broadside Library, a collection of quotes, poems, recipes, musings, and more, which aim to both amuse and inspire.
Give it as a gift, keep it for yourself, frame it, hide it, find it again, however you choose to enjoy this traditional style of publication, it is sure to be the perfect keepsake for any occasion.
Our Broadside Collection is 100% Hand Crafted in the USA using the finest archival materials.
