Eating Art

Well, friends, my contribution to The Huffington Post this week is listed on the front (home) page as a "Recent Blog Post"--which, given the intricacy of the site, is a welcome boost. The entry, "Eating Art in an Age of Greed," is in the Living section, and it starts like this:

I have always recoiled from the word “consumer”—especially when it comes to art. I’m old enough to think of consumption as a disease that destroyed decrepit old aunties and sent starving artists in frigid Parisian garrets to the morgue after hacking their way through dreadful coughing spells to a miserable early death. And yet here we are, a nation of consumers. Our country counts on us to consume, it’s these days our patriotic duty...

To read the whole article, and I hope you will, please click here--and comment if you feel so moved. I would much value your help in getting this new venture off the ground.