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I know that I’m dating myself but when I was a kid we didn’t have as many choices on TV and I think we were less bored then the children of today. We had three basic channels and UHF channel if your television antenna was just right.  You would wait all week for your favorite T.V show to go on and watch it as a family or at least with your brother or sister. Every week you waited with anticipation for the next episode. It was the time when the movie of the week was truly the movie of the week.  Yes we had less selection but I believe this led to more anticipation and as such more excitement when a show came on.

Today if you don’t like the first two minutes of a show you can switch it to over a hundred different choices. If you don’t have time to watch a show one night you can watch it on your computer or DVR it for the next night. Yes there are big shows that “everyone is watching” but if you miss it today you can watch it tomorrow.  Don’t get me wrong I’m glad technology has taken us to this level but sometimes I wonder if these choices are truly more enjoyable then the ones we had in the past.

There are two basic people in life the “leader and the critic”. The leader takes a chance to make things happen while the critic analyzes their every move.  Leaders are essential in seeing that change occurs while critics insure that this change actually works. Yet if the critic becomes filled with envy, hate or fear of the leader, then their opinions can lose their validity. It is therefore essential that we look at the criticisms based on the actual facts behind the criticism not of our opinion of the leader. This will insure that society improves no matter who is truly in charge.

I realize that my desire in art doesn’t go down a straight narrow path but are quite broad.  This is not just found in “standard art forms ” like music, movies but even food and hair styles.  It drives me crazy when I go to the barbershop and ask them to be creative yet it results in the same boring haircut.  Many a food critic will love a good plain steak but if you want my applause you better throw on those herbs and spices.   I love a wide variety of music from country to hard core rock to even the Chairman. Music and movies that follow a formula are predictable and boring therefore many independent films have a special place in my heart.

On the other hand it’s annoying to be shocking for just shock purposes or in other words to be miley.  Those that have unique eclectic talent don’t have to be shocking to sell their talents they just have to be themselves. Life is full of various colors that I want taste, see and hear in my lifetime.