Everyman the Artist
Talent has become democratized, not anymore the sole possessions of masters and national artists and Nobel Prize awardees. Everyone’s piling on Thelonious Monk’s and birdsongs found in Olivier Messiaen’s on their iPods. Everyone’s lapping on Hemingway’s terse stylistic storytelling, James Joyce’s poetic prose, and Mark Twain’s psychological realism.
Everyman’s a raving genius.
Talent is also now commoditized. Talent is in the countless self-help, do-it-your-self, and expert-knowledge-for-the-dumb-and-dumber books. Talent is in that 20,000-peso Canon camera. Talent has a price tag, even with a discount if you haggle –but no matter, It can be bought!
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