Re: [Futurework] What does art say about cultural development?

2004-01-12 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
Thanks Karen,   There was a time when I had to sing my German and Italian songs for real Germans and Italians.   They were terrific in their gentility.   Then a Japanese singer who didn't speak English came here and sang a pop song in perfect pronunciation and a nice musicianship.    It was

Re: [Futurework] What does art say about cultural development?

2004-01-12 Thread Ed Weick
Interesting.  I consider the art of Lascaux and Chauvet so sophisticated that it was probably based on generations of development, much like the medieval art of Europe was.  It could not have been created instantly, but had to be part of a long tradition.  Somewhere, there must have been oth