After rereading the "About" page at CulturalInstincts.com, it became clear that something was missing... The "Anthropology" behind this experiement. Cultural Instincts is more than just a blog with cool videos and eye-catching art. Its about changing the way people view art. So many people now days are viewing art as if they are unimpressed- as if they've seen everything worth seeing, or as if everything is "doable" and is therefore not worthy of special praise. People often over look the drive that people have to do what they do. People do not consider the torture that an idea can bring. Art is something that is often "squished" out of people. They become so obsessed with an idea, a vision, a dream, that they have to bring it to life. People also disregard the effort that people often exert in order to make this happen. People do not applaud things that they cannot understand, or things that they cant relate to, or things that maybe, just maybe if they themselves got off their lazy asses, could actually do themselves.
Comedian Nick Swardson made a similar argument in his stand-up act, recorded in Austin, TX. He expressed his irritation with people being calloused to modern day movies. Basically, he was saying that if Charlie Chaplin saw Avatar his head would explode, although that is not the examples he used. The same can be said about music, art, and fashion. People don't appreciate things that are just slightly new, or slighty different. If it isn't life changing, to them, it's crap.
This is where the "integration" mentioned on Cultural Instincts comes into play. People need to be exposed to more and more art, from more and more people, from more and more places. Not only to they need to basque in the wonder of people's perserverance, but they need to try for the moment to put themselves in the shoes, or the mind rather, of an artist. They need to understand that we are all different. They need to respect that.
