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?
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Finally finding a wonderful partner, moved to beautiful southern California ... then cancer took my younger husband -- so I'm alone in Paradise.
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