Some good perspective on our culture as a whole. When we really debase ourselves as artists, however, is when we cater to the masses and deliver shock value. If that's your thing as an artist, great. But if you change who you really are in your soul to make a buck for a buck's sake, that feeds in to the decline. Beauty is subjective, but at the same time it isn't. An unspoiled forest is universally beautiful. A cold city block with no trees may be seen as beautiful to some in an industrial minimalistic way, but generally not considered so. Thanks for your insights.
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Thank you jlwkolb for your insights. I agree with you that when an artist barters his/her soul to some baser temptations, they decline in value and will soon be forgotten. This has been seen especially in modern day art and music. For instance, I have seen songs that have gone viral as if they would last to eternity and are never heard again after a few months.