Are We Living in a World of Snobs?

Culture was supposed to replace religion, or was it? I thought it might. And i think it can. It's just that currently this stuff is often in the hands of people who ware not interested in oure more person emotional requirements and therefore have a rather frosty relationship to it. If we went to the museum and we broke down in tears in front of a agnes martin or painting by rothco or pierro de la francesca, this would be seen as weird. We simply live in a world where material accumulation has become the gateway to the respect and love that we all crave. The first question we're likely to encounter in a new meeting with somebody is