Wor(l)d(s) these days happen to be absolutely 'art'-ificial. Their meanings are indeed mobile currently. If such are the times, can arts flourish?
Oh, yes, 'Arts', as an academic discipline, once the h(e)aven of the truly talented, is now the reserve of the worst refuse of the educational field. Let us not talk about that 'Arts', hardly worth a discussion by any, except those preparing for the competitive exams, right?
Instead, let us look at the fine arts. Be it plastic arts or performing arts, currently there are a few trends that are quite obvious. Either it is pop art or the folk art. It is rap dance and warli paintings that sell, right? The 'curators' would prefer an abstract or a folksy painting, okay? If markets, controlled by advertising and business-men, thus dominate the sacred space that should be guided by genuine creativity and imagination, where should those who care for purity hide?
Sure, an artist cannot live in the ivory tower. If, however, trashy serial-ised melodrama or sheer fluff without a thought-through core, sells as literature, what can be the future of an author? All types of arts, pure and/or applied, have a huge threat posed by the AI, moreover!
Yet I am sure that arts would survive because in its genuine voice lies the oppositional strain that questions all that is dross/gross in the current context, and thus holds forever, a gentle yet tensile, murmur for a better future. Three cheers for arts on the World Arts Day! Long (would sure) live arts!
Pratima@ Artists die, trends dither; Art lives, and forever
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