Produced during the height of the Vietnam War, Corita Kent’s stop the bombing (1967) captures the nation’s growing anti-war sentiments. Featuring a poem by Gerald Huckaby set amidst a manipulated newspaper headline, this serigraph reflects Corita’s shift towards politically charged messages in response to the socially tumultuous landscape of the 1960s. The work embodies her deepening commitment to addressing global issues and calling for peace.
It is 2024, Thanksgiving week and an election has occurred in America while war rages in numerous fronts across the world while civil discourse has become more confrontational than ever imagined. Yet something so simple and timeless as this message from the nun-turned-social activist is something we can place in our pockets for 2025. On November 23, 2024, Corita Kent’s incredible legacy will be celebrated at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles, which we hope to see you at.—Evan Pricco
I am in Vietnam--who will console me?
I am terrified of bombs, of cold wet leaves and bamboo splinters in my feet, of a bullet cracking
through the trees, across the world, killing me--there is a bullet in my brain, behind my eyes, so
that all I see is pain I am in vietnam--who will console me? from the six o'clock news, from the
headlines lurking on the street, between the angry love songs on the radio, from the frightened
hawks and angry doves I meet a war I will not fight is killing me--I am in vietnam, who will
console me?
Stop the Bombing
