the art of the present age in america
Essay by: C.S. Jordan
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If you are of any artistic background, knowledge in music, art literature and theater, You probably are dissatisfied with what you see around you.
People in their teens are making millions off 4 chord youtube “sensational” hits, millions that instead should be going to dedicated producers and arrangers who spend many hours working on a piece of music that is high in intellectual capacity.
Literature is facing a crisis where the written word as a whole is being desecrated with slang and unofficial use of words that haven’t been sanctioned by dictionaries or the English Language as a whole.
Dance has been brought down to nothing more than sensual and sexually explicit movements that are geared at nothing but the teenage desires.
Theater has been so neglected in this world that the only play an American Student has in his/her memory is that of their one high school play.
What has America brought on itself but illiteracy, misuse of its talents and carefree tossing away of money to those that just know how to use the system.
Artists, together we can bring back the great Renaissance in America, bring back true art, literacy and a revolution in our society. But this will come at a cost, a cost of organizations that feast on the poor in knowledge, “record producers”, Publishers and dance and acting producers. We will be warred against, but we must stick together and fight the battle to bring America’s Renaissance into a reality.
Submitted: January 31, 2016
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