Hank Burchard <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>On Wed, 31 Jul 1996 [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
>>    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.
>>
>>    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.
>
>     Wow, Eric, I wish I'd said that. I was *trying* to say that.
>
>     Hank Burchard * <[log in to unmask]> * Washington DC | USA



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