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Marta,
Some things just irritate me. I think at it's core it is the fact that whether it's a dart thrower, a poker player or a professional golfer, at the end of the day these folks have produced nothing of lasting value. What they have done is provide a diversion for people like us. And more importantly, they have provided the opportunity for the tooth paste company to alter our buying habits, and for giving them that opportunity, they have made the above mentioned rich.
I don't begrudge these people their good fortune, or the capitalist system at work. My aggravation is that no one in (or for) the art community has managed to capture the imagination of the mass audience.
You gotta believe that Tiger Woods has sent many a youngster to the golf course instead of hanging on the street corner. Paul Newman, in the movie "The Hustler," sent me to the pool hall as a young kid and, while not life altering, has certainly created a lasting influence.
Images and stories can be a very powerful influence on shaping the way people live their lives, or, perceive what is important in life.
What this outfit needs is a promoter, a teller of stories, pitchman, a huckster, a shill, a Francis Ford Coppola, a Madonna (Esther), a P. T. Barnum, a Mother Theresa, a Boston strangler, a Monica Lowenski, an Amelia Earhart, a Daniel Greene.
All boats rise on an incoming tide.
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Mike McCarty
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