http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/09/family-arts-versus-society/ Tue, 21 May 2013 15:51:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/09/family-arts-versus-society/#comment-37405 Paul Curwood, Australia Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:50:50 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=27363#comment-37405 An interest in the arts is almost impossible in this suffocating politically correct consumer society. So, far from producing model citizens, an artist in this society would most likely be perceived as a politically incorrect anarchist!!!! Nevertheless, a person with an artistic disposition probably does owe it to his or her genes. Just don't expect these genes to produce model or 'better' citizens. An interest in the arts is almost impossible in this suffocating politically correct consumer society. So, far from producing model citizens, an artist in this society would most likely be perceived as a politically incorrect anarchist!!!! Nevertheless, a person with an artistic disposition probably does owe it to his or her genes. Just don’t expect these genes to produce model or ‘better’ citizens.

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