Regardless of the pervading trends of narcissistic nihilism, the necessity and need for the participation in Beauty and Great Art has never gone away. As expressed by the Symbolist writer G.-Albert Aurier in the early 1890’s,
A few summers ago I was constantly back and forth between Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Whether it was for the show I had there, or friends, or birthdays it seemed like I was making the treck every other weekend. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a long drive, only two hours, which began to seem like I was entering into a time portal and magically emerging in Pittsburgh.
Two new articles from my blog on a few of the various perspectives through which performing artists can relate to their audiences. Early attempts in what I expect to be an ongoing exploration of our culture's shifting boundary between producer and consumer...
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
