Rince often tries hard to hide his light under a bushel
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Thanks, Kris, and thanks also to Master_G for the much-needed provocation.
So we need a new topic... ok, it's said that "Art influences our lives every day, from the beauty of a sunset to the curve of a roadway." Well, sunsets are usually free, but every year millions of dollars of public and private money are spent on purchasing, preserving and restoring art and artifacts from the past... yet few living artists get much respect, and the debate still rages on the question of what constitutes art.
For the sake of argument: "The rich can do what they like with their money, but the public art galleries of the world are a massive waste of funds, and should be shut down. The free cash should then go to support the development of nature preserves and public parkland."
