Miller, Orwell, the artist's role in society, and.......
Although the election year is upon us, you've probably noticed that we here at the Library have kept our political views close to our vest(s).
In that sense, we follow in the footsteps of Mr. Miller himself. Henry famously differed from George Orwell in terms of how they viewed the artist's role in society.
Orwell, who fought along side the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War, was a political animal. He saw art as a mechanism to inspire change and his most famous novels, of course, were highly political in nature.
Miller, on the other hand, did not seek to change the world. The artist's job, Miller argued, was to live the life one wished free of political obligations. It was this philosophical chasm that helped create an irreparable schism in their friendship.
Bummer.
