The composer and artist, among others, is forced to view culture critically.
One cannot simply muse upon content and technique, presentation, continuity, and form, or be concerned only with aesthetic outcomes. Social dynamics generate cultural pressures, and those coercive influences are applied toward conformity of thought and action as manifested in cultural expectations. One must be open, yet aware, of choices that lead to subjection to societal diktat or autonomy of thought and action-- if one is to be responsible to one's work.
One cannot simply muse upon content and technique, presentation, continuity, and form, or be concerned only with aesthetic outcomes. Social dynamics generate cultural pressures, and those coercive influences are applied toward conformity of thought and action as manifested in cultural expectations. One must be open, yet aware, of choices that lead to subjection to societal diktat or autonomy of thought and action-- if one is to be responsible to one's work.
