Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Great Regulars: There used to be a mural at

Broad and Lombard--part of Philadelphia's Mural Arts Program--that always got on my nerves. It declared that "if you can dream it, you can do." This, of course, is arrant nonsense. I can dream all I want about being a concert violinist, it ain't gonna happen. Ever. There's a reason we distinguish between dream and reality.

I suppose all of this stuff derives from the latter-day preoccupation with self-esteem.

from Frank Wilson: When Falls the Coliseum: That's What He Said: Bumper sticker mentality, self-esteem and second-rate art

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