Fifty years ago, it was the dream of every bohemian artist to be seen getting out of a limousine wearing blue jeans and sneakers. Today, it's the dream of probably half the people in the country.
In aristocratic societies, rich people used to commission exquisite paintings for their walls.
In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork.
The only people left in America who seem not to be artists are illustrators.
Many people have observed that truth is stranger than fiction. This has led some intellectuals to conclude that it's stranger than non-fiction as well.
Many people decorate their homes with designer graffiti, even though most of them would probably have real graffiti scoured off the walls of their buildings.
Postmodernists believe that truth is myth, and myth, truth. This equation has its roots in pop psychology. The same people also believe that emotions are a form of reality. There used to be another name for this state of mind. It used to be called psychosis.
I'm all for trying to create more student and community interest. The team and staff were up on the main campus today promoting it. It would be great if we could get 1,000 or more people there.
It really runs the gamut, from parking to issues with graduate students. My entire role is to help people with issues that they have, whatever they might be.