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Art as Protest

By: Boris Kriger
Narrated by: Santina Savoie
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The art described in book is presented as the highest form of human resistance—not merely political or social, but existential. It is not just a reaction to power, injustice, or the suffocating grip of convention; it is a way of transcending them altogether. In its most authentic form, art carves out a territory that lies beyond the reach of censors, beyond the dictates of circumstance, beyond the reach of those who believe control is the same as order. Art refuses to kneel. It either pushes against the edges of what can be said, thought, or imagined, or else it becomes a hollow object, a form without a pulse.

The argument unfolds with clarity: protest in art does not always roar in the language of grand gestures or violent ruptures. Sometimes it is quiet, sometimes subtle, sometimes as delicate as a whisper. The refusal resides in the very act of creation itself—because to create is to say, I will not be entirely consumed by what rules over me. No matter how hard authorities tighten their grip, art slips through the cracks. It disguises itself in metaphors, hides behind irony, moves in undertones, survives in symbols and shadows. Even under regimes that try to suffocate it, art keeps breathing, because as long as there is someone willing to make it, it cannot be silenced.

©2025 Boris Kriger (P)2025 Boris Kriger
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