Real Green Shoots

Thanks go to Tim Sharp, Executive Director of American Choral Directors Association, for sharing this with his world:



CBS, for all its failings, does not spend major money and time on stories they don't believe have much audience. There are too many people pitching too many stories to them on a daily basis, and limited airtime.

Here and there, we see green shoots in the culture. If we water, fertilize, and keep pulling the weeds, who knows what might happen?

What if, instead of installing that MongoSantaMaria! flatscreen home theatre system with the Wii game installed, MomAndDad decide to enroll the kids in the local university's community choral program? How about a year of music lessons instead of three days in The Land of The Mouse? Or a year of language or math tutoring? Or a year of the local community theatre?

What if MomAndDad decide to sign themselves up for the local university choral program?

What if?

What would the culture look like if this became normative?

Then, and only then--what would the economy begin to look like?

Real green shoots.