It is now no longer the time when an artist concentrates and spent numerous hours only to learn the humanities and depth of craftsmanship, that might have been passed for centuries. I just read in the present local Paper that Joni Mitchell is now doing a Jack of All Trades, making music and writing lyrics, choreographing on a new dance and writing poems. Artists now create their own type of clothing, actors enter into the music biz, create scent brands and also designer bags.
It is simply like the photographs from “Happenings” in 1960′s where the culture world is now diffusing. An artist can do anything and be whatever they need. The message sent is that there no longer is a definite uniqueness, whether cultural or in any other discipline.


It is the same as the barriers between nations which are now crumbling, the walls between different trades is now crumbling, and it isn’t a matter of good or malevolent. There has traditionally been a goal of universality for humanities. It has been proved Shakespeare’s art still are loved, is that because violence, sex and comedy do sell, even now. Still, now there are 2 main concerns re who can work on what in the cultural circus. The 1st concern is what all artists will have to face, which is the comparison between multi-disciplined art compared to depth of discipline in a selected art.
There’ll be more status granted to whoever can do better in a specific discipline. The second concern is the results of absence of focus in our recent world. Artist now need to find their place in the world, a philosophy in making their creations, and depth of experience so they can have balance. This is what Joni is doing with her creative life. the difficulty with media and preferred culture is that because the covering of media of artist somehow indicate that having multi-discipline is more valuable than focusing on only one. Now, someone who crosses the bounds of one discipline is regarded as the standard. Beginning artists will now get more pressure to be ready to do everything.
They’ll now try and achieve everything rather than committing to one art at a time and watching their abilities develop. Doing this may then make them in losing their concentration and capability to make a clear vision for themselves.