Art is political and poetry is biased – Quotes on political poetry by Sadia Hakim

Art was always political because art challenges these very things that fool people and destroy civilizations. It must. ~ Sadia Hakim

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In the time of moral crisis, oppression and inhumanity, literature that doesn’t challenge societal norms should be incinerated or else it will reduce your morals to ashes. And art that doesn’t cater to the moral, intellectual, and spiritual needs of the society should be incarcerated or else it will detain your existence in the chains of slavery. ~ Sadia Hakim

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Truly unbiased poetry is the biased one. If poetry can’t amplify the sidelined voices and silenced narratives, it should be choked to death before it asphyxiates human civilization. ~ Sadia Hakim

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Poetry must strangle some narratives. Art must choke some ideals. ~ Sadia Hakim

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I want to write poems brave enough to crush the hollow ones. I want to create art that is not obedient. People should remember my pen as a rebellious soul. ~ Sadia Hakim

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Great poetry takes a stand, because all poetry is rooted in a perspective. Poetry is inherently subjective, so it can’t remain neutral or nonpartisan. The struggle is to side with what’s true. The hardest part of writing poetry isn’t choosing a side, but choosing the side of truth even if that truth is uncomfortable, personal, or goes against popular opinion. ~ Sadia Hakim

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Art is never uninfluenced, so it can’t be detached from human emotions. I laugh when people ask me to create impartial art. What makes you think I am impartial? What makes you believe I have no inner voice and a moral compass? What makes you think my knowledge, understanding and experiences in life, about life, haven’t actively shaped my heart and soul? An artist, even if is impartial, can not create impartial art. That’s the irony of being. That’s the paradox of creating. That’s the mockery of living.

And no one can escapes that. Your very idea of art and literature being neutral is biased. You have come to this conclusion after being acceptable of certain things and unappreciative of others. Aren’t you? So, my dear, don’t you think, I too am an alive human milled between the two rotars and stators of life? If you want unbiased poetry, prompt an AI tool, because I can’t fulfil your desires. ~ Sadia Hakim

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Art must do something to your heart. Art must stir your soul. It must break some patterns. It must hinder some flows. It must disturb the energy levels of some electrons in the atoms of your bones, and for art to be able to do so, it must come from the heart of a person who knows the importance of partiality and disposition.

For art to save people from destroying, it must bias with some values and speak against others. It must come from the ink of a pen that can draw a fine line between what’s right and what’s normalized as right despite being utterly and outrageously wrong. ~ Sadia Hakim

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My poetry is political? Yes, because I know whose side I am on. Clarity of morals is very important if you claim to be a human in this ugly world. There’s nothing like unbiased poetry and unbiased art. Poetry must align with some values and detest others. That’s the whole purpose of creating art and writing poems.

To stay unbiased when the world is morally and ethically struggling to maintain a balance is nothing but a delusion, a placebo of superiority catering to the falsely presented version of humanity and empathy. ~ Sadia Hakim

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