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gatherer, the con-specialist, had no work; we have
occupations instead. Just as before man hunted
and fished, now he looks at programmes . . .
automation works for him, but now he may be
totally occupied as a painter is, or as a thinker is,
or as a poet. You see, a poet doesn’t work. Nor
does a painter because he’s not a specialist. He’s
totally involved. Work begins with specialization,
and today, electric man under automation is
workless again. And the only kind of occupation
that makes sense to him is one of total
involvement, like that of the artist.
Canadian Art , Vol. 19, Sept-Oct. 1962, pp. 363-66.