“Milton’s Balm Cruft”
By Robert Spahr
Auto-generated video.
Started November 11, 2019.
Updates daily at 5:12 AM EST
Source: Images from 1980’s Commercials. Audio from Steve Jobs discussing Apple Computer and streaming internet radio 181.FM Oldies & Jazz Mix of the 1980’s.
Milton’s Balm Cruft
Abashed the Devil stood,
And felt how awful goodness is, and saw
Virtue in her shape how lovely–saw, and pined
His loss
— John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV
This auto-generated video collage is made of media fragments from the 1980’s. These images and sounds promised a future that is now lost.
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