Exactly! Another issue I see is that people would then undervalue small artists. There are always the people who appreciate well-made craft items, but to others it's not as good because it wasn't store bought. How much more so will this kind of an attitude spread to writers, painters, musicians, and so on. While there seems to be a resurgence of interest in physical crafts (partly driven by the recession I think), I don't know if we'd see the same in other art forms.
A rough analogy is how many people have gotten away from gardening so there are city kids who don't where food comes from, who wouldn't know what a tomato plant or apple tree looks like. I wonder if we'll see something similar, where non-artists will not realise that they can interact with those who inspire their music, writing, etc. We'll always have artists in society but will they become more marginalised in the search for technology and mass-produced stuff? Will young artists who are just being born now and over the next 100 years be able to express themselves without some sort of social stigma being attached for something they created with their hands, or will it go the opposite way and will artists become more admired for their ability to create something?
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Date: 2011-07-23 09:45 pm (UTC)A rough analogy is how many people have gotten away from gardening so there are city kids who don't where food comes from, who wouldn't know what a tomato plant or apple tree looks like. I wonder if we'll see something similar, where non-artists will not realise that they can interact with those who inspire their music, writing, etc. We'll always have artists in society but will they become more marginalised in the search for technology and mass-produced stuff? Will young artists who are just being born now and over the next 100 years be able to express themselves without some sort of social stigma being attached for something they created with their hands, or will it go the opposite way and will artists become more admired for their ability to create something?
I hope for the second of those 2 situations!