Between Mudeford and Yorkshire

Mudeford would be a good place for contemplation - thanks, I will see... Just now am thinking through an afternoon's conversation with Diana on the point of 'the question', the pool grows ever larger... In one way or another I am interested in the role of contemporary art and how contemporary it really is, what will be remembered as contemporary for this time and how much will be forgotten, about elitism, democracy and the process of communicating and learning; does it interpret our time or is it just more 'twitter'? Can be art too obscure, too introspective? If there are no parameters how is it judged? And if anyone can do it and there are no parameters for judging, how will it be rationalised in the future?
Discussion around these issues is likely to remain subjective, yet 'other' people make judgements, decisions that have more status in the context of history. It will be good to generate discussion about all these issues and more, to encapsulate the value art today has for those of us who are living today, how much it affects us etc etc.
Actual question besides -I see myself as an ethnographical (new word for me) researcher - the enquiry is bound to be open ended - the blog is intended as a documentary tool in which I participate as an equal rather than as a leader and record my own learning process as transparently as possible.
Off to Yorkshire...