The original article didn't make a lot of sense, comparing a compact and now electronic media with physical art. It is one thing to listen to and purchase 10,00

The original article didn't make a lot of sense, comparing a compact and now electronic media with physical art. It is one thing to listen to and purchase 10,000 songs, it is another to accumulate even 100 paintings/sculptures/original works of art. One thing I have been fascinated with is the impact of China's artists. There are a lot of them. A painter can work for weeks on a high quality reproduction of a large classical painting with a market price in the hundreds of dollars. Unnerving for an artist living in the developed world.