#bertolt brecht

[sivavakkiyar]

An arrangement of a song by Eisler, lyrics by Brecht

[yt]

Bertolt Brecht, "On the Suicide of the Refugee W.B."

[garadinervi]

Karl-Heinz Drescher (design) – Hans-Rudolf Lutz (typography), Bertold Brecht: 'Lob des Revolutionärs', Berliner Ensemble, Berlin, 1996 [Image source: Handsetzerei Ernst Gloor, Zürich] [Museum für Gestaltung Zürich]

[apoemaday]

Motto

by Bertolt Brecht tr. John Willett

In the dark times, will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing About the dark times.

[sivavakkiyar]

Bertolt Brecht, Stories Of Mr Keuner

[leonardcohenofficial]

today's recommended reading: "writing the truth: five difficulties" by bertolt brecht, which you can access a pdf of here

[akindplace]

goodreads

[eastofedean]

"This, I feel, is the advantage to creating art at this point in time: When we realize that we are temporary, we are facing our self-destruction, we are realizing our fate and we must confront it. Art is the only sensible primal response to an outlook of possible destruction."

[bertolt brecht || unkown || dead poets society (1989), dir. peter weir || all things end, hozier || andrew garfield in an interview for 'the believer' || free, florence + the machines || give yourself permission to be creative, ethan hawke || dead poets society (1989), dir. peter weir || road to hell (reprise) hadestown || keith haring]

[davidhudson]

Bertolt Brecht, February 10, 1898 – August 14, 1956.

[victusinveritas]

Bertolt Brecht

In the dark times, will there also be memes?

Yes, there will be memes. About the dark times.

[3bagshotrow]

the silmarillion, "of beren and lúthien," j.r.r. tolkien // hadestown, "come home with me (reprise)," anaïs mitchell // to noise making (sing), hozier // the return of the king, j.r.r. tolkien // hadestown, "doubt comes in," anaïs mitchell // the svenborg poems, bertolt brecht // the silmarillion, "of the return of the noldor," j.r.r. tolkien

[metamatar]

The Interrogation of the Good, Bertolt Brecht

Step forward: we hear

That you are a good man.

You cannot be bought, but the lightning

Which strikes the house, also

Cannot be bought.

You hold to what you said.

But what did you say?

You are honest, you say your opinion.

Which opinion?

You are brave.

Against whom?

You are wise.

For whom?

You do not consider your personal advantages.

Whose advantages do you consider then?

You are a good friend.

Are you also a good friend of the good people?

Hear us then: we know.

You are our enemy. This is why we shall

Now put you in front of a wall. But in consideration of your merits and good qualities

We shall put you in front of a good wall and shoot you

With a good bullet from a good gun and bury you

With a good shovel in the good earth

[brechtian]

disco elysium / saint Joan of the stockyards

[intotheclash]

Il peggior analfabeta è l’analfabeta politico. Egli non ascolta, non parla né partecipa agli avvenimenti politici. Non sa che il costo della vita, il prezzo dei fagioli, del pesce, della farina, dell’ affitto, delle scarpe e delle medicine dipendono dalle decisioni politiche. Un analfabeta politico è tanto animale Che si inorgoglisce e gonfia il petto Nel dire che odia la politica. Non sa l’imbecille che Dalla sua ignoranza politica proviene la prostituta, il minore abbandonato, il rapinatore ed il peggiore di tutti i banditi, che è il politico disonesto, ingannatore e corrotto, leccapiedi delle imprese nazionali e multinazionali. Bertolt Brecht - L'analfabeta politico

[commiepinkofag]

“Those who are against Fascism without being against capitalism, who lament over the barbarism that comes out of barbarism, are like people who wish to eat their veal without slaughtering the calf. They are willing to eat the calf, but they dislike the sight of blood. They are easily satisfied if the butcher washes his hands before weighing the meat.”

Bertolt Brecht

[sivavakkiyar]

Bertolt Brecht, Questions from a Worker Who Reads

[schibborasso]

Bertold Brecht oil on canvas, by Rudolf Schlichter, 1921