Are you there?
1. The following text is from Art and Advertising by Joan Gibbons. Does "this fostering of creativity involved an explicit appeal to the narcissism of Britain’s creative producers" mean "this fostering of creativity intensified the narcissism of Britain’s creative producers"?
2. Does the highlighted "Are you there? mean:
a. Are you still listening to me?
or
b. Can you imagine it and understand its pleasure?
Context:
The then Minister for Culture, Chris Smith, was to be instrumental in building this sort of agenda for the arts in the late 1990s, by recognising the potential for economic expansion through the creative industries and the importance of creativity as a transferable vocational skill. Significantly, this fostering of creativity involved an explicit appeal to the narcissism of Britain’s creative producers:
Imagine how good it feels to use your creativity, your skills and talent to produce a film, for example, or to edit a magazine. Imagine how good it feels to hear people cheering your performance on stage, or to see people wearing clothes that you designed. Are you there? And does it feel good?
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catttt 1. The following text is from Art and Advertising by Joan Gibbons. Does "this fostering of creativity involved an explicit appeal to the narcissism of Britain’s creative producers" mean "this fostering of creativity intensified the narcissism of Britain’s creative producers"?
- catttt 1.
- The following text is from Art and Advertising by Joan Gibbons.
- Does "this fostering of creativity involved an explicit appeal to the narcissism of Britain’s creative producers" mean "this fostering of creativity intensified the narcissism of Britain’s creative producers"?
- No.
- Smith's job was to foster creativity, and he used their narcissism to do that by speaking directly to it.
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catttt1. The following text is from Art and Advertising by Joan Gibbons. Does "this fostering of creativity involved an explicit appeal to the narcissism of Britain’s creative producers" mean "this fostering of creativity intensified the narcissism of Britain’s creative producers"?
No. Smith's job was to foster creativity, and he used their narcissism to do
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