I think there probably is a lot of poetry, dance, art, etc. It's high tech society, but we have Cordelia thinking that an antique parquet wooden floor would have been preserved and safeguarded as a great work of art on Beta, but on Barrayar, they use it to dance on. I'm pretty sure they have art and appreciate it, though I think they might have different standards for judging it and also for what's acceptable behaviour for an artist.
Which makes me think of Barrayar. There's a bit where Miles is going through the attic and finds a beautiful, hand-crafted saddle made for his... I want to say grandmother? And he says something like how he feels it should either be given to "one of those historians, the ones that fall in love across ages" or be kept and used, because otherwise it's a waste of it's art.
And I wonder if that's a Barrayan thing, that they have great works of artistry, but that they used be used. That like music needs to be played, paintings need to be seen, the purpose of something has to be fulfilled to show off the art. Purpose over preservation.
And that's something that comes from having people that can afford to buy and replace these things, but also, possibly, from people that know the fragility of life. Might die of poison tomorrow, let's dance the night away now!
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Date: 2009-04-18 12:56 pm (UTC)Which makes me think of Barrayar. There's a bit where Miles is going through the attic and finds a beautiful, hand-crafted saddle made for his... I want to say grandmother? And he says something like how he feels it should either be given to "one of those historians, the ones that fall in love across ages" or be kept and used, because otherwise it's a waste of it's art.
And I wonder if that's a Barrayan thing, that they have great works of artistry, but that they used be used. That like music needs to be played, paintings need to be seen, the purpose of something has to be fulfilled to show off the art. Purpose over preservation.
And that's something that comes from having people that can afford to buy and replace these things, but also, possibly, from people that know the fragility of life. Might die of poison tomorrow, let's dance the night away now!