Eva Durant:
>I wouldn't argue with what you say, but would add, that the
>non-existance of markets or artificial markets also stunt thousands
>of artists in the West, making artists non-dignified by the various
>random sponsoring bodies and self-serving benefectors.
>I would say the same about the state of science and education.
>So, don't be smug, go for something much better!
Baha Kuban:
>It would be insightful also to somehow judge the corrosive influence of the
'market' on the creativities of "Western" >artists. How many have been lost
to wasting their energies and creativity in designing effective
advertisements for >the ever expanding advertising industry!
I agree with both of you. However, artists in western democracies have a
much wider range of choice than artists under the soviet system. If they
want to prostitute themselves, they can. If they want to starve in a
garret, they can. If they want to be misuderstood, they can be. No one
will shoot them or send them to the gulag. That to me is a very important
difference.
Ed Weick
