![]() ![]() Yet such is the creative impulse, that artists of all stripes will continue to try and produce works no matter what the circumstances, and attempt to encourage those flights of fancy considered so dangerous. ![]() ![]() ![]() Whether it's by the simple expedient of locking troublesome individuals up, dictating what is permissible to be published, or editing work to make it acceptable for public consumption, they do their best to stifle anything that would encourage thinking they deem unacceptable. Writers, film makers, playwrights, musicians, and anyone else involved in artistic creation, have always been the target of those wishing to ensure a population's thoughts don't stray in directions they shouldn't.įrom the pressure groups who try to have films and books banned because they disagree with their message, to governments who prevent works from seeing the light of day because they encourage people to think in ways that they don't approve of, censorship has been the favoured means of controlling artists. For, how can you control a person's thoughts if they are constantly wondering, "what if"? The time-honoured method employed for controlling people's imagination is to control those who do their best to inspire them to pose the question that opens the door to a million possibilities. The imagination has always been the enemy of repressive regimes or any group hoping to dictate the way people think. ![]()
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