Stuck in class now, sore throat so I can't talk, and didn't do the reading anyway.

Didn't do the reading because last night I had to go to some ridiculous dance performance in the Opera Garnier. Pretty building, but nothing too amazing or affecting. The dance totally sucked. I had no idea what was going on, and I don't think any of the Americans did either. The French seemed to really like it though. Three curtain calls. For a completely interminable, pointless collection of random dances.

Is it just me? Do I simply miss the point of such things? Am I so uncultured that anything vaguely different and avant-garde seems merely vulgar to me? Somehow, I get the impression that most of the world is in the same quandrary as I when it comes to art, whether performance or material. I am of the opinion that art has little value unless society finds it to have value. If an artist produces a work that is a thousand years ahead of its time, it is worthless until that time. It would have historical value, but no social value.

Ok, y'know what? I have a sore throat and I feel like crap, so I'm not going to ramble today either.