[Hi Heels]

"List the artistic people on the left and those on the right, and compare their work: Those on the left are more creative." What??......

[Borges]

The sad truth is that not enough conservatives go into the film industry because of knee jerk condemnation of it amongst a certain segment of conservatives who distrust the Arts. I remember posts here from people trying to get financing for a conservative themed film project and couldn't get anyone interested conservatives included. They wanted nothing to do with 'Hollyweird'

[mnehring]

""List the artistic people on the left and those on the right, and compare their work: Those on the left are more creative." "

Actually not.. Political thought and creativity have nothing to do with each other. Those on the 'left' may seem more successful in creative endeavors because they tend to follow pop culture type trends more, and thus often create something that sells more. In terms of creativity, the 'left' is good at creating movements, the 'right' is more individual and task focused.

One also cannot narrowly define creativity as limited to film, music, art, etc. The businessperson who takes $5,000 in savings and creates a successful store has to be creative. Marketing and advertising professionals are often accused of selling out art by the 'left', but they must be, and have the privilege of being creative in their job every day.

I was at a gallery show the other week by a famous photographer. He does a lot of commercial work as well as art photography. He was asked by an obvious 'progressive' in the crowd (the 'Boycott Corporate Food' shirt gave him away..) what he felt about selling out to the corporate world and big business every time he does a commercial job.
The photographer quickly scolded him and said basically, thank God for the corporate world, they keep us fed... The real error of artists is they somehow want to separate themselves from 'real life' and make themselves special when in reality, everyone has an artist within...