tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44619675893028337792011-07-30T13:53:00.078-07:00The American Dream: Past, Present and Future. Ever since James Truslow Adams coined the phrase in 1931, each generation has rendered the American Dream in its own image. Today, we face a variety of crises that have rudely awakened us. Our nation is sharply divided over the values that should prevail. We no longer know what we aspire to. The materials collected on this blog will become the source material for a live Performance Installation at Palomar College in April of 2010.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147582376893843777noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461967589302833779.post-46067671630724756622010-01-28T13:14:00.001-08:002010-02-07T22:47:59.484-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #0c343d;">Q</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #0c343d;">uestion of the Day. Are You Living The American Dream? We each may have our own idea of what The American Dream is, but my question is, are you living that dream, are you working towards the dream or is the dream out of reach for you?</span></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461967589302833779-4606767163072475662?l=americandream2-0.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147582376893843777noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461967589302833779.post-49648853110863235922009-12-03T13:47:00.001-08:002009-12-03T13:47:41.626-08:00Each generation or decade has redefined the American Dream. What do you think is the current condition of the American Dream? What do we as a country or as individuals aspire to? Is it time for an upgrade?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461967589302833779-4964885311086323592?l=americandream2-0.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147582376893843777noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461967589302833779.post-78172558938917160472009-12-03T13:46:00.001-08:002009-12-03T13:46:33.651-08:00<div class="post_body"><div class="post_message">Who are the characters, historical, fictional or iconographic that represent the American Dream?</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461967589302833779-7817255893891716047?l=americandream2-0.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147582376893843777noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461967589302833779.post-28025141715539866082009-12-03T13:45:00.000-08:002009-12-03T13:45:04.510-08:00What songs, compositions or artists reflects aspects of the American Dream?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461967589302833779-2802514171553986608?l=americandream2-0.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147582376893843777noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461967589302833779.post-4822542478676873362009-12-03T13:44:00.001-08:002009-12-03T13:44:17.438-08:00What are the symbols that represent American Dream - both the positive aspirations and critical problems. Here are some of mine:<br /><br />White Pickett fence<br />T.V. Dinners<br />The V-8 engine<br />Indian Casinos<br />The Family Farm<br />The Soup Kitchen<br />Community College<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461967589302833779-482254247867687336?l=americandream2-0.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147582376893843777noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461967589302833779.post-10099922913243135412009-12-03T13:42:00.001-08:002009-12-03T13:42:56.555-08:00The United States of America is in crisis. We are politically divided and seemingly incapable of dialogue. Our banking system has failed us. We have outsourced our manufacturing base - our only remaining successful industry is the manufacture if weapons. Our education system ranks in the middle of the industrialized nations. We have been dumbed-down by corporate new/entertainment media. 1% of our population owns 90% of our wealth.<br /><br />What great vision for our future can inspire us?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461967589302833779-1009992291324313541?l=americandream2-0.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147582376893843777noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461967589302833779.post-16092587246559950042009-11-17T02:10:00.000-08:002009-11-17T02:59:01.443-08:00The purpose of this blog is to examine the past, present and future of the American Dream. Ever since James Truslow Adams coined the phrase in his 1931 history book, The Epic of America, each generation has rendered the American Dream in it's own image. Over the decades the dream has become increasingly materialistic, and today, we face a variety of crises that have rudely awaken us from the dream: economic, environmental, spiritual, political, diplomatic. Our country seems to be sharply divied over the values that should prevail. We no longer know what we aspire to.<br /><br />The materials collected on this blog will become the source material for a live Performance Installation at Palomar College in April of 2010<br /><br /><br />What is your idea of the NEW American Dream?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4461967589302833779-1609258724655995004?l=americandream2-0.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147582376893843777noreply@blogger.com1