Category Archives: Art

The modern scientific framework explains things from cause to effect. Causes explain effects. Something happens as the result of something else. The tree grows from the seed. There are observable consequences. There are sequences of events, one following from the … Continue reading →

Ahoy Di!   I’m still plugging away at these issues we’ve talked about, maybe getting somewhere after all 😊   I think I understand that I may have been wasting much of my effort attempting to explain an alternative to instrumental … Continue reading →

Clay, you state “Knowing people prioritize core issue areas like education, job security, housing, public safety, and health and wellness, how do we show the important ways the arts intersect with their day-to-day lives?” and I wonder whether you feel … Continue reading →

(This is the uncondensed version of an essay I wrote for Arts Professional UK. The limited space available there for my ideas painted only a partial glimpse of the argument I intend to make, but it was a sacrifice worth … Continue reading →

(This is the second essay in my argument against the policy proposal of Arts Council England aimed at systematizing quality within the arts.) ——————————————– Arts Council England has expressed the intention of instituting a quality metrics based approach in gathering … Continue reading →