H.L._Mencken

H.L. Mencken Essay In the selection by H.L. Mencken, Mencken portrays artists as impersonal, grumpy and drawn-back. I have to disagree with Menckens conclusion, to me artist are just the opposite. In humans whole existence, artists have always been present. In the stone age, with stick figures depicted on walls, to present day artists who design sculptures and paint elaborate pictures. Not only do artists bring life and curiosity to people, they also bring awe and beauty. No matter what form of art, it all describes it’s creator and I believe that is how an artist expresses his feelings. In Mencken’s passage, he bashes artists, putting them down and calling them, “actively hostile to their environment” and “indifferent patriots”. To my artists, pictures, paint, mencken, environment, present, placed, hath, god, disagree, bring, artist, against, in, world, whole, walls, views, throughout, they’re, therefore, talented, strongly, stone, stick, something, should, selection, sculptures, reasons, reason, putting, portrays, people, patriots