THE ARTIST’S STRUGGLE FOR INTEGRITY
On the condition of being an artist and the reasons why an artist is compelled to live, and cannot settle.
James Baldwin talks about coming into being. Effort. Legitimate suffering & the kindling of light, both. Has a consuming distrust of words with imprecise meaning, and explains why. He shares insights on the condition of being an artist, the reasons why an artist is compelled to live, and cannot settle. That choices are made consciously and necessarily for oneself. Speaks of the intimate knowledge that a promise unfulfilled is really not an option.
First recommended by friend LaMont Hamilton in 2014. I come back to this 30 mins 1962 James Baldwin broadcast at New York City’s Community Church regularly.