Refinement, Fine Cuisine and Fine Art

Refinement, fine cuisine and fine art all in the same place? Not exactly. Unfortunately, this would be wishful thinking at best. After years of living in a cultural wasteland, I've started asking myself if maybe I'm asking too much or if I am really living in Purgatory. Time and time again I've tried to embrace the local art scene, but up until now I've come up empty handed. What is happening here seems to be happening in a lot of places here in the United States; cuts to school arts programs are rampant and this has led to a degradation of our culture. It's like Danny Gregory says in his book, Everyday Matters, kids are rewarded for wanting to pursue sports but God forbid that they want to grow up to become an artist. After all, let's not forget the starving artist and the famous dead artist myths that we constantly perpetuate; it's so stupid that you just have to laugh about it. What ever happen to being well rounded? Have we forgotten about that? That seems to be the case here in the US. Perhaps you see some of the this where you live or maybe you're lucky and you live where this doesn't exist. This page is what I see where I live; maybe it's a bit harsh but, hey, sometimes the truth hurts. Shame on us for being so closed-minded and for not having more intellectual curiosity about the world around us. Rapidograph in Aquebee.