You may or may not have noticed the Ralf Waldo Emerson quote above. Whether you have or not, I'd like to take today's blog post and relate it to my last post's subject: The Performing Arts Center (yes, again).
While I touched briefly on the actual building and decor of the new facility, I'd like to revisit it. I understand this blog is not dedicated to things having to do with interior design, but hear me out.
It's never really phased me how other auditoriums- no matter where you are- are decorated nicely. Some would even call them fancy. I've seen just about every kind of decoration in auditoriums out there, a good majority of them being "fancy."
I'm sure benefactors and sponsorers want the best for the students or performers and they want them to feel appreciated, as if they stopped at nothing to get the best for them, but this also causes "outsiders" to feel unworthy, out of place and maybe even underdressed.
Especially in Brownsville, some might feel like just setting foot in such a "nice" place is above their heads. In my opinion, this contributes heavily to the attitudes people might have towards the arts because they associate a building's lobby with what they think the artists might think about them: that the "outsiders" aren't worthy.
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