{"id":4258,"date":"2014-02-23T12:30:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T12:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/?p=4258"},"modified":"2014-02-24T00:16:59","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T00:16:59","slug":"uselessness-is-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/?p=4258","title":{"rendered":"Uselessness is good"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4262\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/BOOKS\/Pix\/pictures\/2012\/11\/19\/1353340166242\/Jeanette-Winterson-010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4262\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4262\" alt=\"Jeanette Winterson\" src=\"https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/winterson-wide.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/winterson-wide.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/winterson-wide-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeanette Winterson<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;The so-called uselessness of art is a clue to its transforming power. Art is not part of the machine. Art asks us to think differently, see differently, hear differently, and ultimately to act differently, which is why art has moral force.\u00a0Art asks that we remember who we are, and usually that asking has to come as provocation \u2014 which is why art breaks the rules and the taboos, and at the same time is a moral force.\u00a0&#8221; &#8211;Jeannette Winterson at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/index.php\/2014\/02\/04\/jeanette-winterson-on-art\/?utm_content=buffer87cde&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_blank\">Brain Pickings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The so-called uselessness of art is a clue to its transforming power. Art is not part of the machine. 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