Journal-June-12,2017
Its a Man's World.
Last week I was discussing contracts with my potential clients and in between the discussions I came across this Blue Mouse Pad which my colleague was using. What's intriguing about a mouse pad ? It had a White Colored Lion embossed on it with the words "St. James's Palace Wealth Management". I knew St. James's Park is the home of the Newcastle Football club, however this St. James's Palace was new to me. Upon googling I found out that St. James's Palace is the Royal Residence of the British Monarchy. Pheww.. So much to learn about the Colonists :)
I also came to know that this St. James's Palace used to house fine arts from Royal Artists. Royal Artists was a league of 40 extraordinary artists across the Great Britain. Being a part of this Royal Artists was some what equivalent to modern day Forbes 100 richest persons group. The nomination to this league was based on the meritocracy of the artwork and of course the popularity of the artwork as well.
Nowadays we have the luxury of various forms of media like Digital Pictures, Movies, Films and Cable networks. While the only form of media that existed in the 16th Century was through the artwork. The artwork and the artists were highly appreciated for depicting the various moods, scenes and places then. The social status of these artists automatically rose when they were selected as a part of the Royal Artists. Given the background about the Royal Artists, there used to be a very stiff competition for breaking into the gang of the elite 40 and the norms for becoming an Elite artists were usually set by the gang themselves.
St. James's Palace has a Royal Art Gallery and every year people throng to visit the gallery to see the fine arts collection. Where an Art was placed at the ceiling level, this meant that the art quality is of second grade. Only the best quality painting is placed at eye level in Gallery 2. Usually this place is reserved for paintings from the Royal Artists. Outsider's paintings had a real slim chance of even featuring in the St. James's Palace Gallery.
Each an every one of this tradition was broken by a Masterpiece called Roll Call by Elizabeth Thompson. She was not only an outsider, she was the first Woman whose painting was accepted in the Royal Gallery. The painting was so popular that the palace had to place it right in the center of Gallery 2, where the best painting of the year was usually placed. Slowly Elizabeth was recommended for the Royal Artists gang which she lost by 2 votes during her first year. At that time the Royal Artists appreciated Elizabeth and told that she could definitely become a member of the Gang the very next year.
However as it turned out that had never happened and it took nearly 50 years for a woman to be part of the Royal Artists Group. Social scientists say that this phenomenon is called the "Moral Licensing" where we do one good activity like encouraging Elizabeth's art the first year and which gives us the license to do a bad thing like totally shutting the opportunity door the next time. Aren't we not doing this every day. We pat our backs for that one small good dead which gives us the license to that greater evil. Is this called Moral Licensing or a Man's world ????
Last week I was discussing contracts with my potential clients and in between the discussions I came across this Blue Mouse Pad which my colleague was using. What's intriguing about a mouse pad ? It had a White Colored Lion embossed on it with the words "St. James's Palace Wealth Management". I knew St. James's Park is the home of the Newcastle Football club, however this St. James's Palace was new to me. Upon googling I found out that St. James's Palace is the Royal Residence of the British Monarchy. Pheww.. So much to learn about the Colonists :)
I also came to know that this St. James's Palace used to house fine arts from Royal Artists. Royal Artists was a league of 40 extraordinary artists across the Great Britain. Being a part of this Royal Artists was some what equivalent to modern day Forbes 100 richest persons group. The nomination to this league was based on the meritocracy of the artwork and of course the popularity of the artwork as well.
Nowadays we have the luxury of various forms of media like Digital Pictures, Movies, Films and Cable networks. While the only form of media that existed in the 16th Century was through the artwork. The artwork and the artists were highly appreciated for depicting the various moods, scenes and places then. The social status of these artists automatically rose when they were selected as a part of the Royal Artists. Given the background about the Royal Artists, there used to be a very stiff competition for breaking into the gang of the elite 40 and the norms for becoming an Elite artists were usually set by the gang themselves.
St. James's Palace has a Royal Art Gallery and every year people throng to visit the gallery to see the fine arts collection. Where an Art was placed at the ceiling level, this meant that the art quality is of second grade. Only the best quality painting is placed at eye level in Gallery 2. Usually this place is reserved for paintings from the Royal Artists. Outsider's paintings had a real slim chance of even featuring in the St. James's Palace Gallery.
Each an every one of this tradition was broken by a Masterpiece called Roll Call by Elizabeth Thompson. She was not only an outsider, she was the first Woman whose painting was accepted in the Royal Gallery. The painting was so popular that the palace had to place it right in the center of Gallery 2, where the best painting of the year was usually placed. Slowly Elizabeth was recommended for the Royal Artists gang which she lost by 2 votes during her first year. At that time the Royal Artists appreciated Elizabeth and told that she could definitely become a member of the Gang the very next year.
However as it turned out that had never happened and it took nearly 50 years for a woman to be part of the Royal Artists Group. Social scientists say that this phenomenon is called the "Moral Licensing" where we do one good activity like encouraging Elizabeth's art the first year and which gives us the license to do a bad thing like totally shutting the opportunity door the next time. Aren't we not doing this every day. We pat our backs for that one small good dead which gives us the license to that greater evil. Is this called Moral Licensing or a Man's world ????
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