Conversations with the World 108: Ben Okri’s Existential Call to Creative Arms

(Art detail from “Cities of Gold & Tears” No. 1 by Aberjhani ©2021) In his November 12, 2021, essay for England’s The Guardian newspaper, Booker Prize-winning author Ben Oki urged creative artists around the globe to dedicate their inspired labors to the production of works addressing the catastrophic crises of the current era. In his words:

“I propose existential creativity, to serve the unavoidable truth of our times, and a visionary existentialism, to serve the future that we must bring ...