If you where to ask me what culture was two weeks ago, I probably would have said it was something that defined an individual or the group he came from. I thought it could only tell us about the person they would be expected to become or morals they were expected to follow, but culture is way more than that. Culture is the past, present, and future. Culture is a tool for survival as it lets us know what has has worked in the past but at the same time it is unpredictable because it could always change due to the way the world around us does. If you look at our world now you will realize that out material and non material cultures have change from what the elder generation viewed as norm, but that is the beauty about culture it defines some of what we are but also keeps us guessing where we might end up in the future.
If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
John F. Kennedy
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