A WORLD WITHOUT THE ARTS

..... has anyone imagined a world without poets, musicians,songwriters, painters, sculptors, writers. thespians and film makers ?.....

the world would be very quiet in whatever time 

you set your consciousness

into...don't you?

How are you going to enjoy your coffee in a cafe without music....

how are you going to set an ambiance of romance with your soul mate....

how are you going to describe the changing seasons....

without the moods expressed in music...

 how would you manage to get by each day...?

would you settle for a dry day listening to politicians 

and bureaucrats and

capitalists ....?

or would you rather listen to a Beethoven, Chopin, 

Bacharach, the Beatles, James Taylor,

Santana, Segovia, Paco de Lucia, Sinatra....

enjoy a Walt Whitman, Thoreau, Browning

or Dryden poetry...

watch re-runs of What's My Line...

I Love Lucy or the Three's Company...

The question of life without the arts is untenable....

no matter how you look at it...

in whatever angle or perspective....

it's like being cooped up in four solid walls

without windows ....

All the seasons...

 without an artist rendering in sound,

words and colors will pass by 

unnoticed and unappreciated...

Christmas without the cheery carols, 

Valentines without love songs...

buildings without designs...

Somehow, our society and civilization

created the arts to enjoy life

in a more meaningful way...

perhaps a blessing in disguise...

to forget the foul ups of those

who are in charge...

or circumstances beyond 

our control...

the arts are responsible for creating

a world of illusion ...

that is pleasing ....maybe

even ideal ....

So we are thankful....

to Delacroix, Monet, Constable...

Constable's Haywain

Inness, Homer, Michael Angelo,

Da Vinci, Tiepolo, Sargent, Luna,

Luna's Tampuhan

Zorn, Shreyer, Amorsolo...

Amorsolo's Filipina

Siekert, Degas,

Picasso, Diebenkorn, Hopper...

....to Bacharach, Granados, Albeniz,

Deodato, Miles Davis, Tommy Dorsey...

Brubeck, Diana Krall...

to Hemingway, Steinbeck, Alvin Tofler,

A.C. Doyle, HG Wells, Blackmore...

and many more ....

that's it for now folks!

jt