CHID 110 A: The Question of Human Nature

THE PROBLEM OF IMAGINATION: AESTHETIC EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY (VLPA) IN THE OFT-REFERENCED YET RARELY READ 9-11 COMMISSION REPORT, WE FIND A STARTLING CONCLUSION IN THE RESULTS PRESENTED BY THE COMMITTEE TASKED WITH CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE LEAD-UP TO THE CATASTROPHE: NAMELY, THAT THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP WAS A FAILURE OF IMAGINATION. THE IDEA THAT AN INDIVIDUAL, A COLLECTIVITY, OR AN ENTIRE CULTURE COULD SUFFER A FAILURE OF IMAGINATION, VARIOUSLY INTERPRETED, SUFFUSES MANY OF OUR PROBLEMS TODAY, FROM OUR DIFFICULTIES WITH REIMAGINING ALL SORTS OF INSTITUTIONS AND IMPORTANT CONCEPTS, TO OUR INABILITY TO SEE THAT WHICH DOES NOT SHOW UP ON BALANCE SHEETS OR BODY SCANS.