Can art resist narcisistic fascism?
The Achilles heel of civil disobedience revealed in Sofia Tolstoya's diaries
“I Can’t Remember,” Egg tempera on wood 36”x44” 1985
A diary can be a work of art. Sofia Tolstoya, wife of Leo Tolstoy, a father of civil disobedience, was a genius emotional worker who chronicled her labors in her diaries while he blew hot and cold, alternately demeaning and uplifting her while gobbling up attention from the whole world. She propped up her husband’s ego and narcissistic persona throughout their long marriage, to her personal peril.