Sometimes our steps are so tiny we can't even tell that we have taken them, but when we look up at the sky and can say, "isn't it beautiful, indeed, isn't it wonderful that I can even see it and perceive it as being wonderful and that I am alive to see it", then we have taken a small step toward #optimism.
The conversion from the negative knowledge that there are always many odds against us starts in our minds, hearts, and soul-we have to want to transcend the negative summon our #will to take the small smart steps that prove that we are justified in our #optimism. Perhaps we can't do the triple-double flip in the air, but we can ground ourselves in the knowledge that at least we can put one foot forward on the ground, then another, and then small smart steps in a direction that can bring joy to ourselves and to others.
Whilst COVID is mutating all around us, now to DeltaPlus, Lamda, Gamma, Beta, what can we do? What can we think of how can we summon our #will to be #optimistic because each one of us knows that we have the power to do something. We have to want to get to the other side of our knowledge to convert it to something we can use to sustain ourselves, to propel ourselves forward in a positive direction despite all of the negative noise.Īnd when we don't know where we are in the air (#SimoneBiles), we have to pause and reconsider, "well, we can't do that, but what can we do?" Then we have to muster up the courage to do that! Create sanctuary for dissent.We know a lot, but how do we convert and transcend that knowledge to arrive at a place of #optimism?
#PESSIMISM OF THE INTELLECT OPTIMISM OF THE WILL FREE#
Engage in the raw and free exchange of ideas. In this fearless fight, artists are irreplaceable. As for the optimism-of-the-will part? For journalists, it’s writing and reporting aggressively and fearlessly, and being willing to fight for access.” “Look the situation in the eye know how bad it is.
Last week, columnist Margaret Sullivan echoed Gramsci and Rolland in The Washington Post. In the wake of this election, as the waves of discord continue to break, our activism will be as compelling as it is innovative. Imprisoned by Mussolini’s Fascist regime, political dissident Antonio Gramsci distilled Rolland’s idea into a motto: “pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.” Two essential weapons against despair. Romain Rolland - dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian, Nobel Prize winner - advocated “pessimism of the intelligence, which penetrates every illusion, and optimism of the will… this natural bravery that is the flower of a good people… struggle over and above suffering.” In human strife, the creative spirit endures. Inspiration for the crowd and fuel for private defiance.
Sustenance for the forces that organize our jumbled thoughts, gather hope, and plan the fight. Nothing is more dangerous to authoritarian rule than freedom of artistic expression. We rally thousands from the stage, or quietly rebel in our studios and homes.
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