Klarinet Archive - Posting 000430.txt from 2003/11

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: RE: [kl] Music Museum
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 02:50:34 -0500

James=A0O'Briant wrote:

> Why is it that people (especially people from
> the East Coast) seem so surprised when
> something of cultural significance occurs in
> the Midwest?

I hope I can offer a comment without offering an opinion (the truth is,
I don't have an opinion on this question, it's just something
interesting to think about).

Perhaps the issue is whether densely populated cities and old cities
(and the resources that accumulate in each of them) always stimulate
'cultural significance' rather than hindering it.

Perhaps it is reasonable to argue the opposite --- namely, that some
(emphasis on 'some') authors of 'culturally significant things' flee
from the pressures of high-density population --- away from noise,
overcrowding, social pressure, regulations, the necessity to 'get along'
or perish, stifling traditions and prejudices, etc etc etc.

,,,well anyway, Happy Thanksgiving

(come to think of it, the first Thanksgiving celebration didn't happen
in a traditional old metropolis, did it?)

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