 communicatrix says: An extraordinary speech about a sad state of affairs. As he says later in the talk, the amazing "visionary and democratic system" we had in place for years that exposed the average citizen to both high and low culture has been shredded by the marketplace, which is only concerned with money. Art makes us human; god help us all when we embrace nothing but commerce. I agree totally. But the commercial world you speak of is purely American in nature. Many other countries across the world actively pursue ways of incorporating the art, style and culture of their nations into everyday life. But the bloated hegemony of the U.S. corporate world is slowly smothering this. The problem with American life is that no-one knows what they want, or why they want it. They just listen to some expert on t.v. and become a consumer slave.Stop looking inwards reach out , you never know what you will find. Agreed. This was, after all the head of the NEA, an American institution, speaking to the future thought leaders and change agents of America. We're a nation that is almost frighteningly good at getting business done--at getting things done, in general--but we don't have a lot of peripheral or backwards or even future vision. And it makes sense--we're a new country, relatively speaking. (Well, Canada kind of shoots my theory, b/c they're better than us at looking at the big picture.) What is scary is that a lot of developing nations seem to be glomming on to our model: "success" at all cost, where success = money in the bank and chickens in pots. I wish we could use all this can-do attitude... |
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