The Gift that Keeps Giving
Today's the day to link to Alan K. Henderson. He weighs in on the inevitable and short-sighted criticism of artists and artistic endeavors that spend and cost, respectively, what some believe to be obscene amounts of money. Christo's "The Gates" project, recently unveiled in Central Park is Exhibit A, costing $21 million, a sum that readily lends itself to the tired old judgment, "but think how much good that would do if only it were used to [fill in the blank]."
Now, while many of these projects are certainly easy targets for criticism from a purely artistic perspective, it should be recognized that the money spent on their development and construction wasn't simply burned on an altar, with the resulting creation arising from the smoke. (OK, I'm sure some of these creations were related to smoke, but that's a different story.) As Henderson reminds us, it takes a village to support an artist and the trickle-down benefits of the spending are undeniable. The money quote:
Just think of how many Indonesians could feed, house, or vaccinate themselves if they had a few Christos boosting their economy.
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