| This Era Of Contraction | |
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steven_stuart 09:31 pm UTC 12/03/09 |
| In reply to: | re: My thoughts - CultOfByron 04:21 pm UTC 12/03/09 |
| > I think the writer Matthew Arnold developed a theory about > why this is; there are eras of creative expansion and eras > of contraction, and I suspect we're currently in the > latter. It probably has a lot to do with the rate of > development of technology vastly outstripping the creation > of new and profound works. So what we get is reworking > and refinement of an already existing 'canon' of works in > a variety of different media. Gosh. Matthew Arnold is a brilliant chap. I think we are in an era of contraction too. Where are the Beatles? Where are the young ALWs? I think it must be a frustrating era for someone like Ryan, who has great ideas for productions but can't get them produced. How can he become a future Robert Stigwood in an era of contraction? And what is to blame? Big business? The economy? A lack of creativity brought on by computer games? The success of processed cheese like High School Musical? How can we get out of this era of contraction and enter into a new age of creativity? | |
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