Minneapolis is so liberal that it drives a redneck like me crazy. As a birder, a gardener and a lover of wild flowers, I have, over the years, encountered educated, professional, white collar patrons that dominate the photography clubs, the gardening clubs, the birdwatching associations. I avoid these gatherings like the plague.
Many of these people have real talent, and some are impressively accomplished. I believe that their moving in packs, their conformity to group norms, their endless prima donna competing with each other, and their snobbery towards the uninitiated and amateurish, hold them back and down.
If these people were break from the crowd, and individuate their hobby passion, their artistic flair and their original brilliant works would move the world of high culture forward faster and deeper.
If they could shed their gang-living, they would be extra impressive, rather than sort of impressive.
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