Are You Living The American Dream?

Question 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?

What is the current state of the American Dream?

Each 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?

Who are the characters that inhabit the American Dream?

Who are the characters, historical, fictional or iconographic that represent the American Dream?

What is the music of the American Dream?

What songs, compositions or artists reflects aspects of the American Dream?

What are the symbols of the American Dream?

What are the symbols that represent American Dream - both the positive aspirations and critical problems. Here are some of mine:

White Pickett fence
T.V. Dinners
The V-8 engine
Indian Casinos
The Family Farm
The Soup Kitchen
Community College

What is the future of the American Dream?

The 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.

What great vision for our future can inspire us?

AMERICAN DREAM 2.0 Launch

The 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.

The materials collected on this blog will become the source material for a live Performance Installation at Palomar College in April of 2010


What is your idea of the NEW American Dream?