Thu, 1 Aug 1996 23:50:25 GMT
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Hank Burchard <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>On Wed, 31 Jul 1996 [log in to unmask] wrote:
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>> If museums are in fact some how shortchanged in America relative to
>> football stadiums, the obvious reason is also the deeper reason: the
>> latter moves money around more rapidly than the former. To look more
>> deeply for a reason, visual art takes patience and contemplative time
>> and abilities, historical artifacts don't yield their beauty and
>> meaning quickly and readily. To the degree that we have made museums
>> better competitors for leisure (read "family") time dollars, to that
>> degree museums have been more significantly rewarded through increased
>> funding and visitorship.
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>> I'm sorry, maybe I shouldn't be taking this so seriously, after all,
>> its just a post on the internet, but I think that the hypothesis you
>> present needs some sharpening and defining.
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> Wow, Eric, I wish I'd said that. I was *trying* to say that.
>
> Hank Burchard * <[log in to unmask]> * Washington DC | USA
Me, too! Chris Dill [log in to unmask] * North Dakota
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