Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> An > artist who can't make it from his or her art had better look to the > local Shop Rite to make money, and let art be a well loved hobby. N. America - actually that's wrong, Canada and the US - Mexico does this better than the both of them - are among some of the worst of Western Nations for valuing and supporting their artists. The utilitarian view of art that prevails here is one of the major factors in this. Mexico, Spain, France, Holland, Italy, Ireland even the UK all do this far better than us. Unfortunately, a society which fails to value art lacks a soul - something which is all too obvious if you look around. tim a - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html