While I do hope that there is a renaissance of sorts, it has always been my
impression that the arts flourish especially in times of perceived
oppression. People turn to creativity when they are not given freedom to
express their thoughts overtly in their day to day life.

I am concerned that people around the globe seem to be expecting Obama to
walk on water and save us all from the things that ail society. I wonder how
the upcoming administration will deal with the problems that currently exist
and will yet arise. We have to have hope, but statements such as the one
below give me reason to be concerned - making Obama a Messiah personality
holds the potential for even bigger let downs when we realize that the
promises Obama has made cannot be implemented as quickly or as fully as
people seem to expect.

I just hope that we are keeping it real.

Darryl MacKenzie
Oliver, BC

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This is a partial excerpt from someone of strong political views.  Ignore
who the person is, but enjoy the message.  It's possible, just possible,
this could be the tide that turns for the arts.

"What will it be like to have a smart president? Science, banished for eight
years, will return. Imagine supporting our country's greatest minds as they
seek to cure illness, discover new forms of energy, and work to save the
planet. I know, pinch me.




"We may, just possibly, also see a time of refreshing openness,
enlightenment and creativity. The arts and the artists will not be seen as
the enemy. Perhaps art will be explored in order to discover the greater
truths. When FDR was ushered in with his landslide in 1932, what followed
was Frank Capra and Preston Sturgis, Woody Guthrie and John Steinbeck,
Dorothea Lange and Orson Welles. All week long I have been inundated with
media asking me, "gee, Mike, what will you do now that Bush is gone?" Are
they kidding? What will it be like to work and create in an environment that
nurtures and supports film and the arts, science and invention, and the
freedom to be whatever you want to be? Watch a thousand flowers bloom! We've
entered a new era, and if I could sum up our collective first thought of
this new era, it is this: Anything Is Possible."--Michael Moore, 11/05/08

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