Was once arguing with a local “artist” about a proposed City fee (to be charged with every building permit) to fund “public art” (which I and so many other find atrocious and debasing).
What finally caused him to reconsider was my observation that “If it’s compulsory, it isn’t art.” While film has descended to the lowest common denominators of our ever more vulgar society, it remains an at least potential expression of an elevated human spirit. To dictate the tools of an artist is the antitheses of art’s humanity. I want to return to my home planet, please...
As legend has it, Christopher Wren was commissioned to construct the portico for the Windsor Guildhall in the 1600s. His design for an open air, covered plaza met with the disapproval of the city fathers who felt the roof spanned too large an area and insisted that Wren add additional supporting columns. Wren did so, intentionally making the additional columns about 1" too short.
