DIEHL, Travis
A Snake Whistles

… All of this underscores that an understanding of ideology on a spectrum, or even a horseshoe, sliding from from left to right, is insufficient for understanding politics today. In fact, it supports the argument I make in the text: that political thought also has an axis between doubt and certainty. 

An essay by art critic Travis Diehl, started in 2017 to understand the relation between art and politics, that calls for the ambivalence of poetry in a polarized age. ​

Published by S*I*G, 2026
Chapbooks / Art Criticism / Politics