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Dada and the power of Nonsense

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Play and Nonsensical Writing

In his war time diary, arwell writes that scraps of nonsense poetry were constantly coming into my mind. Play and nonsense can also help us cope with the parts of the world's absurdity that we can't change. In the most absurd of times, nonsense writing plays an essential role. It lets us give form to the absurdity all around us,. And it offers a way to understand, survive and fight through it.

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