Steve Schwartz writes:

>It's going to take considerably more than a candle to stave off (in
>Jane Jacobs's phrase) dark ages ahead.  For one thing, it's going to
>take a serious commitment to public education, to training and retraining
>teachers, to somehow make thinking something other than a burden in
>people's minds.

And THIS is the answer and any artist or arts organization that's not
doing this (or doing their best to get anyone who will listen to do this
for all of us) is not addressing the problem.  No, not dumbing down, but
education, education, education...

"somehow make thinking something other than a burden"...love that phrase...

Michael Morgan