Foma File: The Wealth – Art Paradox
Why Those Who Escape the Foma Recognize Each Other Instantly Classification: High-Order Social Foma - Perceptual, Economic, Aesthetic Status: Persistent. Ubiquitously misinterpreted. The Core Foma Society tells a simple story: “The wealthy appreciate art because they have money, leisure, and status to display.” This is a foma - a comforting, contemptuous explanation that protects people from seeing the truth: Great wealth and great art arise from the same perceptual mutation: the ability to see through the scaffolding of reality while others still mistake it for stone. ...