Homage, 1974, Modified Typewriter by Leopoldo Maler This work -- Homage, 1974, Modified Typewriter by Argentinean artist Leopoldo Maler -- startled me as soon as I saw it last month at the Hess Collection outside Napa, California The once-commonplace typewriter was the instrument Maler’s uncle used to voice his inflammatory political essays in Argentina. His acts of resistance triggered his assassination.
The typewriter-in-flames speaks to me of a call to action, specifically to RESIST and DISSENT in the face of the injustice, harassment, persecution, and dangerous authoritarianism threatened by President-Elect Donald Trump. This typewriter resonates with me as a writer, but it can symbolize whatever tools and talents each of us can best apply to the resistance required in the days years ahead.
The typewriter-in-flames speaks to me of a call to action, specifically to RESIST and DISSENT in the face of the injustice, harassment, persecution, and dangerous authoritarianism threatened by President-Elect Donald Trump. This typewriter resonates with me as a writer, but it can symbolize whatever tools and talents each of us can best apply to the resistance required in the days years ahead.
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