Birthing Culture

(Contributed by Erik Nordskog)

One of the most dissatisfying part's of American life is the lack of any real culture. If you ask most people what it means to have "culture" they always respond with comments about other people's culture but not their own. Thus, they avoid the confrontation of their own lack of culture. I asked one friend what her idea of American culture was and she replied "BBQ and Country Music." This is not culture. Culture is not a single food but becomes cultural when developed into a cuzine that is wrought over time from a group of people who share the same values and ideas about life.

Since most American's have European roots, perhaps we should look back across the sea to the people that we come from and see if they can give us some hints as to what creating some culture might look like.