Thursday, June 12, 2014

Salon Styled Lives

For historical context, The Museum of Fine Art in Boston features a salon styled gallery.
     Where on that wall does the eye focus?
     When museums crowd their artwork, the display is called 'Salon Style.' This approach was popular until the 1930's.
     Curators made a change. They eliminated the clutter. Less artwork enabled patrons to better concentrate, and to better appreciate, works of art.
     Nowadays we're bombarded by artificial stimuli. Television programs feature quick frame rates. Radio personalities motor mouth their presentations. Billboards project LED imagery. People bounce from one internet link to another.
     Some people are hooked on this data feed. Their brains process gobs of stimuli. It's mind numbing. Their lives are salon styled.
     They ought to eliminate the clutter.

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