|   Chapter 65
 
 The ancient craftsmen, knowing
well the 
way of the Creative Harmony
 did not attempt to make
art into a fashion
 their work was integrated
into the traditions
 and cultures where they
worked.
 Why  is the audience
hard to please?
They have become too sophisticated
and restless.
 They look always for some
thing new.
 When art becomes fashionable
and trendy it
 becomes degraded.
 When artists grow weary
of commercialism and hype
 they begin to look for deeper
traditional standards.
 Knowing the difference
between these two approaches
 is to begin the return to
the original meanings of art
 which are universal and
profound.
 This search returns the mastercraftsman 
to the Universal Harmony;
 behind them the cultures
follow.
 
 
 
 
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