{"id":38249,"date":"2020-02-27T11:48:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T16:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=38249"},"modified":"2020-02-27T11:50:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T16:50:38","slug":"artaud-for-our-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2020\/02\/artaud-for-our-time.html","title":{"rendered":"Artaud for Our Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38248\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/artaud-no-words-front426-copy\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/artaud-NO-WORDS-front426-copy.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"425,635\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Antonin Artaud (recto), Cold Turkey Press \u00a9 by Gerard Bellaart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/artaud-NO-WORDS-front426-copy.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/artaud-NO-WORDS-front426-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38248\" width=\"286\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/artaud-NO-WORDS-front426-copy.jpeg 425w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/artaud-NO-WORDS-front426-copy-201x300.jpeg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;And I told you: no works of art, no <br>language, no words, no thought, nothing. <br>Nothing except a sort of incomprehensible <br>and totally erect stance in the midst of <br>everything in the mind. 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