[rollei_list] Re: OT Artistic Voices (was Re: OT Mapplethorpe)
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:03:59 -0500
At 10:52 PM 3/10/2010, Dennis Purdy wrote:
The value of life is measured in art. Those who achieve the highest
stature of life get all their material substance from artists..
Architects, furniture makers, painters, landscapers, clothing
makers... everything is measured in art. Art is what gives special
value to life. Art is about inspiration. Art is the thing that
makes leaps in the linear progression of life. Sure love and
family is important as well, love and family gets or should get
public support. The human race is full of people with specific
capabilities and specific limitations. An enlightened people will
support the important strengths of those otherwise
limited. Otherwise you are pretty much a natzi.
Well, I certainly disagree with your fundamental tenent, Dennis. As
I have previously stated, visual art does nothing to me save to
provide illustrations for history books and tech manuals. It does
not add one bit of value to my existence.
And, uh, Earth to Planet Dennis? The Nazis (note spelling) were
really BIG on government funding of the arts. Sure, they just wanted
THEIR version of the arts funded but, still, they paid a lot of money
for a lot of visual art even late in WWII. And the pragmatic side of
the taxpayer-funding is illustrated by the Nazi experience: HOW can
a fair determination be made of what art ought to be funded and what
art ignored? As the decision is impossible to make, then that is yet
another reason why taxpayer funding of the arts is so much lunacy.
But, even if you were correct, there is still no provision to allow
the US government to pay from this under our Constitution.
Marc
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