But there is more-a further imperative we're facing today. This has to do with areas of speech, writing and thought not previously thought of as literary. Law for instance. Investigative journalism's another. Dry as they are, they may point to the mortal underbelly of the Beast.
Song is always one of the Beast's unprotected spots, as is humor.
But information, compassionate law, precise uses of language may get there equally fast. The Beast protects its tender organs with a webbing of fraudulent language and simulated images. At moments I think there exist other charms, new weapons, ones we're just beginning to get a grip on. These include lawroom intricacies, revisioned histories, informational newsletters, archival retrieval. Letter writing campaigns.