Saturday, April 09, 2016

the whole world is drowned in the permanent present

--- Johnny Clegg, NPR interview, April 9, 2016, at 5:36

"I think also, the whole world is drowned in the permanent present. I don't think people have a sense of history, any more. I think everyone needs a refresher course in understanding that things, as we have them today, we went through quite a struggle to get here. . . It didn't arrive here on its own."