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The Mythology of the Modern World: Why is there a disconnect between Art and Industry?

Man, I love autumn. I just do, and you can’t stop me. And hand in hand with loving autumn please enjoy this myth. It comes to us from reader teckstphyle, who asks: Why is there a disconnect between Art and Industry? Why can art not be “useful?” Why can’t industry “inspire?” More correctly, why are …

September 24, 2007 – 2:27 am | By Eric A. Burns | Posted in Mythology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (11)

The Mythology of the Modern World: Why can we walk past beautiful artwork without noticing it?

This was one of those nice, simple myths that would be fun to write that turned into seventy five hundred words. Still, I had fun doing it, and that’s a cool thing. If nothing else, it proves that yes, I am still a writer, and that’s always good. Wednesday, when I described the premise to …

July 9, 2007 – 12:01 am | By Eric A. Burns | Posted in Mythology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (22)