Fame and power are nothing. Shelley of course was a radical and he was threatening the crowned heads of Europe. Paglia makes her point urgently as she sits in a sunlit conference room at the University of the Arts. We remember Shelley. Political power never lasts.
Art does last.
I was so excited by the University of the Arts concept when I heard it. Generalism and an interdisciplinary approach are what she advocates. And both this reshaping of arts education and the reshaping from City Hall to Washington Avenue are exhilarating to Paglia. In the same way, I'm fully committed to the idea of arts education. Speaking about what's wrong with the arts, the harshness of this author of three books on aesthetics and culture matches her enthusiasm about art.