Every sensible parent knows to steer their children away an education in the arts. There’s just no money, no opportunity and no future. Art only hangs obediently on the walls as a pleasant backdrop. Music makes party chit-chat enjoyable and restrooms comfortable. And books are good to talk about even if you haven’t read them.
Of course, parents must understand that all this dribble about art is not a measure of the value of art but of the value the general culture places on art. And that money is not always a reward for creativity, beauty and aesthetic pleasure.
It would be a useful exercise to imagine that everything in the world touched by an artist suddenly disappears. And maybe the children would grow up to put it back.
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