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[Essay] Making Meaning, By Garth Greenwell | Harper's Magazine

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Against “relevance” in art

November 2020 Issue [Essay] Making Meaning Against “relevance” in art by Garth Greenwell , Somewhere on the Couch Again, by Cassidy Early © The artist. Courtesy La Loma Projects, Pasadena, California [Essay] Making Meaning Against “relevance” in art by Garth Greenwell , Adjust Share The word “relevant,” I was recently surprised to discover, shares an etymology with the word “relieve.” This seems obvious enough once you know it—only a few letters separate the words—but their usages diverged so long ago that I had never associated them before. Searching out etymologies is an old habit, picked up

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