From: Alan Cook <alangregorycook-AT-msn.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:38:05 GMT
Subject: [Puptcrit] SUPPORT of the arts/Slow wheels of government


Thanks, Rolande for enduring the Funding Cuts hearing process. At City Council Meetings it is not unusual to see Council Members reading magazines or even dozing while "important matters" are supposedly being discussed. They may already be overloaded with sensory input or be merely incompetant. It is not any different when you work up to Congress or the Senate.

While feedng the homeless, providing healthcare, etc. are important, so is feeding curiosity, educating the ignorant, and providing the foundation the Arts provide for being complete human beings with purpose and understanding, with exhilaration for life and its interconnections.

Aesop's Fable, THE ANT & THE GRASSHOPPER can be inerpreted in TWO ways. The traditional view was that the Ant was a noble, hard worker and the Grasshopper was a slacker (as if his musical talents had no value). A more truthful interpretation: the Grasshopper could add something to our lives besides drudgery.


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