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- From: yamauchi@ces.cwru.edu (Brian Yamauchi)
- Newsgroups: misc.writing
- Subject: Re: support for the arts in the US
- Date: 18 Dec 92 01:48:24
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University
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- In-reply-to: mbrownel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca's message of Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:41:00 GMT
-
- In article <1992Dec14.204100.7116@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> mbrownel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Mark Brownell) writes:
-
- >For any of you Americans who are considering adopting a Canadian style
- >of funding for the arts, I would like to point out some fundamental
- >problems with our system that merit some thought.
-
- >1) Ossification of the bureacracy:
-
- >2) Creation of artistic fiefs:
-
- >3) "What is Art?":
-
- >4) Artists turn into grant writers!
-
- >5) Juries begin shying away from politically incorrect material until
- >all that remains is watered down pablum that no one has any interest in.
-
- >6) ...the list goes on...
-
- >Before my fellow Kanucks flame me to a crisp (no doubt they have all
- >received council funding!) I would like to close by saying that I
- >support government funding of the arts. The system may not be perfect
- >but I've yet to see a better way. If you Yanks spent 1/10th of your
- >military budget on the arts, you would be the envy of the world!
-
- Yeah, but if we spent that much (~$30 billion) then Congress would
- impose the same sort of oversight and cost accounting that makes
- working for aerospace such fun...
-
- "Okay, Mr. Fitzgerald, just remember to fill out this timecard
- correctly. Hours spent writing get charged to account WTX30393; hours
- spent thinking about story ideas get charged to account MDL44212; and
- hours spent on aquiring writing materials get charged to account
- WSP7775."
-
- "What about hours spent lost in existential angst?"
-
- "Just charge that to overhead. Be sure to itemize all writing-related
- purchases, and remember that you can't use government-purchased
- pencils for personal use. Oh, and do you have that timetable for
- completion of your new novel?"
-
- :-)
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